Strong fundamentals and positive market technicals should support credit performance in an environment characterized by high nominal yields, tight spreads, and elevated policy uncertainty. Maria Giraldo and Rebecca Elkins join Macro Markets to provide top down and bottom up perspectives on opportunity in the high yield and bank loan market.

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1Q 2025 High Yield and Bank Loan Outlook

Reframing tight spreads in leveraged credit.

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Macro Markets Podcast Episode 64: The SMA Advantage—Institutional Strategies for Individual Investors

Adam Bloch, Portfolio Manager on our Total Return team, joins Macro Markets to explore separately managed accounts (SMAs), a structure that offers many potential benefits to individual investors. Bloch also shares his views on growth, inflation, and relative value in the market.

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1Q 2025 Fixed-Income Sector Views

Entering 2025, bond yields remain attractive amid a resilient U.S. economy and uncertainty over policy shifts from the incoming administration.

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