ROAM News and Press, Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets From 04/05/23

2023-04-05 05:00:00 ET Summary Finding an effective way to address reinvestment opportunities will be crucial. Multi-sector should be more tactical, with the return objective generally expected to be positive in absolute terms over a cycle. The available sectors can be similar...

2023-04-05 03:00:00 ET Summary A silver lining of 2022 - the most challenging bond market in 40 years - is that bond yields rose to levels not seen since 2007. Concerns about the financial sector led bond prices to rise and yields to fall in March 2023, a reminder that investors o...

2023-04-02 05:04:00 ET Summary Over the past several weeks a remarkable shift in the market’s perception of growth, inflation and policy trajectories means investors should consider calling the market equivalent of a time-out to reassess portfolios. Importantly, as the Fed&...

2023-03-31 06:30:00 ET Summary Slower growth and tighter financial conditions could mean a lower terminal rate and bring forward the timing of the first rate cut. While front-end yields have declined in recent weeks, they are still near multi-decade highs and may remain here as in...

2023-03-31 03:30:00 ET Summary Pricing the damage: Financial cracks and economic damage are emerging from the fastest rate hiking cycle since the 1980s. What matters: how much damage is in the price and our assessment of market risk sentiment. Rethinking bonds: We see higher yield...

2023-03-28 21:59:00 ET Summary The global economy is in a moderate slowdown, with financial markets being whipsawed by tensions in the banking sectors of the US and Europe in the final weeks of the quarter. Thus far in 2023, global equity markets have proven to be resilient in the...

2023-03-26 05:16:00 ET Summary The regulatory intervention of Silicon Valley Bank stopped corporate and financial sector issuance altogether for four working days. The most notable sign of market resilience was a highly successful USD1.8 billion 10 and 31-year sale by Republic of ...

2023-03-21 17:51:00 ET Summary For most of the last two years, the dollar steadily strengthened against most major currencies with little interruption. While higher rates extinguished risk appetite for investors and sent the dollar soaring, emerging market equities continued their...

2023-03-20 10:45:00 ET Summary More financial cracks from rapid rate hikes are emerging. We stay underweight equities, downgrade credit and prefer short-term government bonds for income. Bank troubles on both sides of the Atlantic hit the sector's shares last week. Short-term bond...

2023-03-17 03:40:00 ET Summary The market gyrations are not rooted in a banking crisis, but in financial cracks from rapid rate hikes. We expect central banks to take actions to shore up the financial system – but to keep hiking rates. We see opportunities in short-term...