05/14/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Here's Where Rates Could Be

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
For Treasury returns, a more normal rate environment could mean five years to nowhere.

04/23/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Five Key Questions about High Yield, Part II

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
With many high-yield companies able to handle more debt, is the leveraged buyout of Heinz a harbinger of things to come? 04/16/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Five Key Questions about High Yield, Part I

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
The potential effects from a rotation into equities and record issuance volume are among investors’ questions about the high-yield bond market. 04/09/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: A Tall Task for Individual Muni Buyers

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
The need for credit analysis and broad market access are two obstacles facing investors who buy bonds on their own. 04/02/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Considerations for Capital Appreciation

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
Opportunities for price improvement still remain within the fixed-income markets. 03/12/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Does the ECB Have What It Takes?

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
The "risk on" rally has not reflected Europe’s ongoing stagnation, which still threatens to test the European Central Bank's pledge to buy an unlimited amount of sovereign debt. 03/05/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Although the Fed Wavers, Rates May Not

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
Despite recent policy comments, here's why rates may remain stable. 02/26/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Will Inflation Win the Currency War?

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
While U.S. price increases remain subdued, global monetary policy developments have not. 02/12/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: When High Yield Loses Some Height

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
Despite the market's record-low yields, the flexibility of an active, high-yield strategy to invest beyond a benchmark is an important aspect of risk/return considerations. 02/05/2013

Fixed-Income Insights: Reasons to Embrace Premium Bonds

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
Securities trading above par may provide attractive income and relative stability during periods of rising interest rates. 12/21/2012

Fixed-Income Insights: The Rational Exuberance Behind Floating-Rate Loans

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
The reemergence of covenant-lite loans underscores the importance of active management in an asset class with several potential benefits in the current environment. 12/18/2012

Fixed-Income Insights: Fed Charts Distant End to Easing

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
In launching another round of quantitative easing (QE), the Federal Reserve also tied an exceptionally low fed funds rate to unemployment and inflation targets that remain firmly in the distance. 12/07/2012

Fixed-Income Insights: At the "Cliff's" Edge, Look Beyond Taxes

By: Zane E. Brown, Partner, Fixed Income Strategist
How will a fiscal drag shape the economy and investment opportunities?