FIXD News and Press, First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF From 11/01/22

Summary Barclays Aggregate is down almost as much as the S&P 500 YTD. As of 10/31/22, the YTD return on high yield is far better than the return on corporate high-grade. There is relative value being created in the various bond market asset classes. Looking at th...

Summary Global bond markets have been rattled in 2022 by central banks’ aggressive policy pivot to address persistent inflation. The Fed is trying to drive economic growth lower and take the pressure off inflation by reducing demand through higher interest rates — an...

Summary The Fed’s next crisis is already brewing. The drawdown in bonds is the most important. The credit market is the lifeblood of the economy. If something is breaking in the Treasury market, it will likely be time to buy both stocks and long-dated Treasuries as the ...

Summary Where opportunities might be emerging in the battered bond market. Why the bond market may face even more volatility. Bond market volatility. Is the bottom in sight? Global bond markets have suffered their worst selloff in decades, as central banks ag...

Summary Year-to-date, allocations to floating rate notes have resulted in a more than 20% performance differential compared to U.S. 10-Year notes. Rising rates explain why owning the same securities as the Agg but reducing the maturity profile (1–5 years) led to losses that...

Summary Active central banks may create attractive opportunities for discretionary macro managers who can take advantage of higher volatility, higher rates and dynamic policy changes. The Russia-Ukraine conflict remains a large overhang across almost the entire commodity complex. ...

Summary An imminent recession is predicted by Bloomberg probability models that now forecast a 100% likelihood of a US recession hitting by October 2023, up from 65% for the comparable period in the previous update. Record rate hikes in 2022 have rendered the most negative 10-year...

Summary U.S. recession risks are rising and stagflation may be poised for a comeback. A strong job market has kept us from entering such an environment, but recession risks are rising as the Federal Reserve has vowed to maintain a restrictive monetary policy to rein in inflation -...

Summary For the most part, 2022 has unfolded largely on script, with inflation proving stubborn and the Federal Reserve seeking to cut off the spigot. Despite the general monetary trend toward stiff tightening on a global basis, individual countries continue to initiate moves to s...

Summary The broadest measure of the bond market, the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index, has returned -14.61% YTD through the end of the third quarter. All segments of the bond market have posted negative returns YTD. 2022 is shaping up to be the worst performance year in the 45-yea...