Risks are rising: the Fed must thread a narrowing needle-eye to stop inflation without causing a recession.
Big data is fueling, informing and empowering businesses globally.
These are the six major themes influencing positioning across our fixed income portfolios for the second half of 2022.
Floating-rate income and the secured nature of senior loans may provide a valuable defense against both rising rates and higher default risk for investors able to stomach short-term volatility.
We believe Voya’s large cap value discipline, which focuses identifying companies with attractive excess capital yield, is a more dynamic and effective valuation mechanism to drive a value strategy, particularly in today’s market uncertainty.
Voya’s replication portfolios seek to bring factor investing to private markets, mirroring the methods popular in public equities.
Jeff Dutra, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager of Structured Finance, recently sat down with Greg Goodson, CFA, Portfolio Specialist of Fixed Income, to discuss the current state of the Agency MBS market.
Voya's Unconstrained Fixed Income strategy seeks to produce consistent returns over full market cycles, with low correlations to interest rates and equities.
Following the bond market’s recent beating, term yields have already priced in aggressive Fed rate hikes, positioning core bonds to effectively diversify credit risk. Hear from Chris Wilson, Senior Client Portfolio Manager of Fixed Income, in our latest episode of Voya Views.
The prospect of rising real interest rates favors value versus growth stocks, while moderating economic growth and persistent inflation favor inexpensive stability value names over well-priced cyclicals.
Fear of inflation, which has driven stocks and bonds down in tandem year to date, is expanding to fear of a growth slowdown, potentially leading to a capitulation point. If this shift takes hold, and stagflation risk has been priced in to reach a new equilibrium, it could restore the normal relationship between stocks and bonds.
A human-plus-machine approach to analyzing and monitoring major events can help clear today’s fog of war—and potentially prepare for future crises.
During the month of May there’s a lot of media attention on 529 college savings plans, culminating in National College Savings Day a.k.a. 529 Day on May 29th. Paula Smith, Senior Vice President, Product Strategy and Development - Retirement and College Savings, gives an overview of the benefits of 529 plans.