Look under the hood of sizzling headline inflation, and you’ll see it starting to cool.
The repercussions of US midterm elections will be felt over the coming months and years, not days. The key is how the results are transmitted to the economy, chiefly through monetary and fiscal policy.
With many aspects of the US economy in decent shape, we believe spread widening in a recession is likely to be limited. Still, investors no longer need to overreach on risk.
As investors face heightened inflation risk and other uncertainties, look beyond traditional investment buckets to capture alternative sources of returns.
Securitized credit isn’t complicated. It’s an investment involving predictable consumer behaviors that have fueled economic growth for generations.
Now that yields have reset higher, bonds are positioned to protect portfolios while delivering higher income.
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.