IG News and Press, Principal Investment Grade Corporate Active From 01/26/23

Summary Much of the 2022 flavor of the polycrisis focused on the danger side. But there are opportunities to be explored as well. As we look ahead to 2023, we are at the same time mindful of the potential threats that await and the opportunities that may present themselves as everything...

Summary A brighter outlook for bonds in 2023 should help investors leave the past where it belongs. We think the Fed is nearing the end of its rate hiking cycle, so the coming year is likely to be kinder for bonds. Bonds with lower duration have lower sensitivity to interest rate ch...

Summary Americas equities, ETPs, corporate bonds, and government bonds all outperformed when compared with previous six-month periods. Corporate bonds continued their impressive run throughout the second half of 2022 increasing revenues over each quarter. 2022 was an outstanding yea...

Summary 2022 was the worst year on record for taxable fixed income funds, and longer-dated investment grade corporate debt bore the brunt of it. Outflows and poor performance were caused by a deteriorating economic outlook brought on by persistent inflation and seven interest rate hikes...

Summary Strains are building, and the U.S. will likely enter recession in the second half of 2023. By then, Europe will likely be emerging from recession, while China and Emerging Asia may be enjoying a COVID-reopening-inspired recovery. Segments of the inflation basket will soften rapi...

Summary Following a protracted period of rate hikes that began in March 2022, both bond yields and yield spreads are at multi-year highs. Strong fundamentals are due in part to fiscal prudence necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Central Bank has concluded its myriad ...

Summary The growth of the Industrial BBB cohort has been led by consumer non-cyclicals. For those BBB companies that find their credit metrics deteriorating, we still think that the bias on the part of corporate managers will be to defend credit profiles as needed. We still expect B...

Summary In 2022, historically high inflation led global central banks to make a series of bold tightening moves. In the U.S., it’s our view that inflation may gradually move toward the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) 2% goal over the year. With a hamstrung Fed, the global outl...

Summary Markets may be underestimating the stickiness of inflation and central banks’ determination to beat it - and what that means for growth and corporate earnings potential. We favor fixed income and credit over equities, and investment grade over high yield. Should infla...

Summary On a coincident basis, driven by a historically tight labour market and robust industrial production growth, the US economy remains deceptively strong despite negative real incomes and tight financial conditions. However, the leading indicators of the business cycle continue to ...