Navigating Rates
Fixed income cheat sheet: Ways to invest as markets shift
The world’s bonds markets provide a rich and varied toolkit for investors to help diversify risk in their portfolios and seek additional sources of potential return.
Navigating Rates
The world’s bonds markets provide a rich and varied toolkit for investors to help diversify risk in their portfolios and seek additional sources of potential return.
This is for information purposes only and not to be construed as a solicitation or an invitation to buy or sell securities. There is no guarantee that these investment ideas will be effective under all market conditions and investors should evaluate their ability to invest for the long-term based on their individual risk profile, especially during periods of downturn in the market. Investing in fixed income instruments may expose investors to various risks, including but not limited to creditworthiness, interest rate, liquidity and restricted flexibility risks. Changes to the economic environment and market conditions may affect these risks, resulting in an adverse effect to the value of the investment. During periods of rising nominal interest rates, the values of fixed income instruments (including short positions with respect to fixed income instruments) are generally expected to decline. Conversely, during periods of declining interest rates, the values are generally expected to rise. Liquidity risk may possibly delay or prevent account withdrawals or redemptions.
Read our Reset Roadmap, a series of articles exploring ideas for resetting bond allocations
*European investors return to bond and equity markets – Investment Week, 22 February 2023.