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Short-term investment-grade bond strategies, with durations in the two-to-three-year range, are well positioned to capture a meaningful yield advantage without the rate sensitivity that has challenged longer duration strategies in recent months. The yield to worst on a diversified short-term bond portfolio currently sits between 4.5% and 5.0%, more than 100 basis points above what bank savings accounts and government money market funds are currently yielding. Although the path for rates is highly uncertain, the range of outcomes in which short-term bonds outperform cash is considerably wider than the range in which they don't.
April's bout of volatility stung major gauges of investment-grade corporate bonds. However, some market observers believe recent weakness could represent a buying opportunity with high-quality corporate debt.
Uncertainty around interest rates, inflation, and the possibility of recession are top of mind as advisors allocate to fixed income ETFs. Most investors are staying within the short to intermediate part of the curve, opting for balanced fixed income exposure as opposed to making big bets.
The sudden stop to markets induced by COVID-19 caused a substantial repricing of credit risk globally, and central banks, treasuries, and ministries of finance around the world responded unequivocally.
We downgrade investment grade credit to neutral and increase our overweight in high yield as we see volatility rising after a rally in risk assets.
As the mid-March 2020 market volatility affected USD corporate bond prices, it also compromised their liquidity.
US investment-grade corporate issuance has topped US$1 trillion year to date, putting it on track to plow through previous annual records.
The ripple effects of COVID-19 are impacting a wide variety of markets, and investors have lots of questions.
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