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The Fed holds interest rates steady and signals patience on future interest rate hikes. Anthony Okolie talks with James Marple , Senior Economist , Read more ...

By Kevin Flanagan The first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of 2019 is now on the books. While the result did not deviate from the market's expectations on the rate front, the policy statement did provide further evidence that the Federal Reserve (Fed) is going about things in...

By Nick Maroutsos The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate steady and said it would take a wait-and-see approach to future rate hikes. Co-Head of Global Bonds Nick Maroutsos believes the central bank's decision likely signals the end of the tightening cycle in the U.S. On Wednesday,...

By Timothy Urbanowicz, CFA, Senior Fixed Income ETF Strategist Credit investors faced many headwinds in 2018 as financial conditions tightened, foreign demand faded, and spreads widened. Despite tailwinds from a booming economy and strong earnings growth, most credit sectors saw negati...

By Brendan Loftus, Research Analyst When volatility returned with a vengeance in 2018, few markets or asset classes were spared. As asset prices declined, investors have started to question if this is a momentary blip or the start of a larger move. Below, we discuss what recent moves have ...

During most of 2018, as the stock market seemingly drifted higher each day, equity bulls were empowered to make renewed calls for the end of the bond bull market that has been ongoing since the 1980's when the 30-year Treasury rate was north of 15%. There were also several name notable invest...

By Michael Laitkep After spending some time on the fixed-income side of things, I know talking too much about debt can make people's eyes glaze over. But with interest rates rising, it's important to understand how MLPs might be affected. As we discussed in our recent white paper on inte...

Rick Rieder and Russ Brownback argue that an evolving policy stance at the Fed is altering the risk/reward calculus for investors this year, although left-tail risks remain. Over recent weeks, the Federal Reserve has made a virtuous policy pivot in response to slowing global growth, decele...

As the soft (EU-deal) Brexit or hard (no deal) Brexit deadline approaches at the end of March, one has to keep an eye on the euro and major European bond markets, since Brexit, by definition, has weakened the core of the European Union and the eurozone, even though technically Britain is not ...

Originally published January 28, 2019 Weekly Market Compass: Key votes and critical data releases could influence the markets as January ends By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on Jan 28, 2019, in Market & Economic Last week was momentous as experts...