UBS - Allspring Short-Term Bond Plus Fund Q4 2024 Commentary

2025-02-21 20:35:00 ET

Summary

• The Allspring Short-Term Bond Plus Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1–3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index, for the three-month period that ended December 31, 2024.
• Quality allocation, sector allocation, and security selection contributed to performance.
• Duration and curve positioning detracted from performance for the quarter.

Market review

Resilient services activity backed by strong U.S. consumption continued to drive the U.S. economic expansion forward in the fourth quarter of 2024. The U.S. consumer remained healthy and continued to benefit from elevated income growth, low layoffs, and strong positive wealth effects. The housing and manufacturing sectors remained in mild recessions due to still-elevated financing rates, but sentiment indicators began to trend stronger post the U.S. election results. Labor market worries generally eased despite underlying labor market momentum continuing to gradually slow, with hiring slowing, long-term unemployment increasing, and U-3 unemployment rate ending the quarter just below post-COVID cycle highs. The pace of disinflation slowed, which left year-over-year rates at modestly elevated levels....

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