Insights

To reduce the Chinese economy’s addiction to credit and use new credit to foster growth, authorities must restructure or shut down numerous negative cash flow enterprises. Slumping US and global growth will lead to lower US bond yields. Yet, the trade-weighted greenback will likely appreciate if glo...

We consider the relative merits of four different fixed income investments in the current economic environment: 2-year Treasuries, 10-year Treasuries, Baa-rated corporate bonds and current coupon Agency MBS. ...

US assets and the US dollar should remain resilient relative to global peers over the next 12 months as policy uncertainty, election risk, and geopolitical risk reach a climax. After that, investors should reassess their regional allocation. ...

The EU's import tariff increases on Chinese EVs are expected to have a minimal impact on China's overall exports. We anticipate that most Western-brand EV shipments from China will be less affected by the EU import tax hike. Beijing will likely pursue continued negotiations with the EU rat...

In light of this week’s RBA decision to keep policy on hold, we look at the best possible trades in fixed income markets. In our view, inflation-linked bonds, relative to nominals remain a good bet....

Gold prices might experience a correction or consolidation over the near term. However, cyclical and structural forces will ultimately cause the yellow metal to trend upwards. ...

European assets are selling off as investors panic about the upcoming French election. Is this panic justified, and if so, for how long? ...

In this insight, we update our thinking on the recent BoJ move in terms of positioning for the yen and JGB yields....

The new national unity government in South Africa creates a geopolitical opportunity that investors should not bet against in the short term. A broad-based rally is likely to unfold relative to other emerging markets. However, structural problems and distrust within the new coalition hold out signif...

Smart beta or dumb beta? While the debate has been fierce for the US equity market, we investigate the efficacy of smart beta strategies in the overall EM equity universe and 11 individual EM Markets using both bottom-up and top-down approaches. The outperformance of multi-factor strategies in EM is...