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When stock traders talk about bonds it’s often a sign of trouble in the markets. And last week’s bond selloff and recovery is a perfect example. Ryder System is one of those companies that often flies under the radar in the stock market. The S&P 500 also closed t...

We view the U.S. Treasury yield spike as resolving a disconnect between the powerful restart and lower yields in recent months, and stay tactically pro-risk. U.S. 10-year yields jumped to the highest level in three months. Markets are prone to volatility, but ultimately we see yields ...

Most of the market “data” everyone obsesses about is just noise, especially when it comes to economic data. We just finished another quarter during which a lot of things were supposedly newsworthy but somehow produced almost nothing in the way of major market movements. ...

The Treasury curve continued to flatten during the third quarter of 2021, with short-term Treasury yields rising while longer Treasury yields declined. As the Treasury curve flattened, we saw minimal movement in the already tight spreads of corporates and taxable municipals. At th...

A fixed income investment can serve as diversifier against equities, a source of income, or even protection against inflation when using TIPS. As interest rates and inflation expectations evolve, a tactical rules-based approach to portfolio optimization can help provide investors with...

During July, global consensus earnings estimates have re-accelerated to the upside, representing another bullish impulse in the tug of war between high valuations on the one hand and strong profits momentum on the other. Despite market worries of a loss of momentum in the near term, t...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

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...

The K shape makes a lot of sense, where the upper end kind of is bouncing, the upper part of the K and then the other side are declining. One of the effects of COVID is it's essentially accelerated the adoption of multiple technologies at a mass level that we would never have seen so ...

Scott Mather, CIO U.S. Core Strategies, discusses performance differences amid core bond funds, and how a focus on quality, liquidity and diversification has helped PIMCO Total Return provide portfolio ballast in this crisis. Scott Mather: The Global health crisis has resulted in wide...