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Credit market commentary: May 2023
Despite solid economic data and better-than-feared corporate earnings credit turned in mildly negative returns in May.
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Credit market commentary: April 2023
Following an extraordinarily volatile March, credit markets turned higher amid the more settled macro environment.
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Credit performed well after previous Fed pauses
With the Fed potentially pausing after a May rate hike, this week’s chart looks at credit returns after historical pauses in Fed rate hiking cycles.
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Research roundtable: Q2 2023 outlooks
In this episode of FireSide, the Investment Research team takes stock of Q1’s performance and offers their outlooks for Q2.
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Credit market commentary: March 2023
Amid the emergence of significant regional and global bank stress, fixed income volatility spiked in March as the MOVE Index rose to levels last seen in 2008.
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Q2 2023 Corporate credit outlook: Déjà vu?
Macro sentiment around the path of interest rates, preference for risk-taking and the general economic outlook has had a remarkably similar impact on corporate credit in 2023 as it did in 1H 2022.
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