DIAL News and Press, Columbia Diversified Fixed Income Allocation From 03/02/21

In Europe, the recovery from COVID-19 will take several years to get back to pre-pandemic levels. In this type of environment, we think the ECB is going to remain very accommodative and is likely to continue its asset purchasing program. Given the likelihood of a slow recovery, we don...

Broadly-defined commodities were the clear leader last month. US and foreign stocks also posted solid gains as did real estate investment trusts. The overall trend for markets was bullish last month, based on the Global Market Index (GMI). For further details see: Major ...

Despite low yields, bonds can continue to diversify risk in broad portfolios. Although the stock-bond correlation has been weak in recent decades, fixed income returns have been positive in nearly all recessions since 1952, even in periods when stock-bond correlations were positive. ...

Inflation is going to remain relatively well-bounded. We will see a cyclical uptick in inflation this year. But from a longer-term perspective, there isn’t a meaningful risk of inflation breaking out significantly to the upside. Fiscal and monetary support are clearly two aspec...

Climate change has made the world a riskier place. Financial risks created by climate change are felt more acutely by developing economies, especially those that are not adequately prepared. As countries seek a sustainable path of recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Nearly 700 quality mutual funds and exchanged traded funds representing over 120 Lipper Categories are evaluated using Mutual Fund Observer metrics for risk and risk adjusted return, among others. These funds are divided into 11 investment buckets including traditional, income, intern...

After a fairly calm December for global government bonds, 2021 got off to an active start with a widespread market sell-off. In Europe, the yield on Sweden's 10-year benchmark note saw the largest increase among its peers. A political crisis engulfed Italy on January 13, when Matt...

At WisdomTree, we think there is a unique opportunity presented in developed markets-one best accessed through a quality- and dividend growth-focused framework. In 2015, we launched the WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG), which seeks to track the Wisdo...

Central banks, the Federal Reserve in particular, have really pivoted its policy approach to let inflation, if it were to start to pick up, to let it run a little bit hotter than maybe they have in prior cycles. Each energy cycle, I think, has played a part in influencing how investor...

We are still grappling with the ravages of COVID-19, but vaccinations are being administered across the globe and should help bring confidence - and economic growth - back later in the year. Europe will almost assuredly see a double-dip recession, but that is due to lockdowns that are...