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Where Does The Fed Go Next After 50 Basis Point Interest-rate Cut?

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Franklin Templeton Fixed Income CIO Sonal Desai disagrees with the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) choice of a larger 50 basis points (bps) instead of a...

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Bonds Are Excellent Relative Value To Shares

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From Mark Dove, Junior Credit Portfolio Manager, Federated Hermes Limited With a global recession looking more and more likely to materialise in the near future,...

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No Data, No Cry

Chris Iggo

There has been no official US economic data this month. The markets have enough to go on to assume a benign macroeconomic backdrop. Equities...

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US Fed: Restrictive? We’ll Know It When We See It

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The Fed sent a strong signal that interest rates will remain higher for longer, as Franklin Templeton Fixed Income chief investment officer Sonal Desai...

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Yield Opportunities In Uncertain Times

Chris Iggo

At the beginning of 2026, most investors had a positive view on the global economic outlook. Growth was seen as stable, being bolstered by...

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Climate Change Could Be Catastrophic for Credit Ratings

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Hazel Ilango is an Energy Finance Analyst, Debt Markets at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Climate risks may be on the verge...

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Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Nick Bishop

A conventional approach to “risk” in fixed income is the idea of a single obligor default risk, i.e. the risk of an individual borrower...

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Opportunities Beyond a Precarious Growth Path

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Amundi's Mid-Year Global Investment Outlook Narrow and uncertain path to growth: global growth to further decelerate and bottom out H2 2023, progressive recovery becoming...

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Worried about growing government debt? Here’s a way to get out (and an option for investors)

Elizabeth Moran

Recently, global asset manager T. Rowe Price held a webinar for Australian investors. I’ve transcribed part of the presentation by Emerging Market Bonds and...

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Fixed Income Favoured Over Term Deposits As Global Rates Fall

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As global interest rates start to ease, investors are faced with new challenges and critical decisions in managing risk while seeking yield in fixed...