While recent cracks in consumer spending bear monitoring, consumers (and the fixed income sectors they help propel) are still well positioned.

Bond investing isn’t baseball—a swing and miss can lose money. It’s the difference between consistently good, not occasionally great, performance.

High yield bonds and loans both offer attractive opportunities for credit pickers given high income, supportive fundamentals and strong investor appetite.

With cash yields likely heading lower, it could be time to consider shifting to a flexible, broadly diversified fixed income strategy.

Whatever the exact cause of recent volatility, the more significant point is that it was an opportunity to add credit risk amid a positive outlook.

Even taking into account strong performance thus far in 2024, we believe securitized credit has plenty of room to continue its run.

From 2022-2023, would-be issuers of high yield bonds held off, waiting for conditions to improve. That time may have come.

The wealth effect will continue to support consumer spending, even as slowing wage gains and high prices weigh on low-income consumers.

The race for superintelligence has triggered a spending boom on graphics chips, data centers, power supply and talent. Our panel discusses what it means for investors.

As we approach the halfway point of the year, all eyes remain on Federal Reserve policy and the pace of inflation’s downward trend.