Look for value opportunities in emerging markets, with a focus on debt in local currencies
Scotia Institutional Asset Management has launched the Scotia Institutional Credit Absolute Return Fund. The fund is designed to maximize absolute returns over a complete market cycle through investment in diversified long and short positions, investing primarily in North American fixed-income and credit markets while seeking to mitigate volatility and interest rate risk. The fund is […]
Since Donald Trump announced his presidential bid, Mexico has been a volatile topic.
Two potential rate hikes, along with inflation, pose challenges
Until 2018, it may be best to underweight bonds and hold more cash.
For many managers in the high yield space, especially passive managers, 2016 was a very challenging year.
Though high-yield bonds posted above-average returns of about 17% in 2016, it doesn’t mean the asset class will stagnate this year.
Investors shouldn’t avoid the high yield space due to fear of default risk. Here’s why.
Forty-one of Morningstar Canada’s 44 fund indices increased during the month of February, reveals a preliminary report by Morningstar Research. In fact, 20 indices increased by more than 2%. The indices measure the aggregate returns of funds in various standard categories. Most stock market indices outside Canada were positive in February, while the Canadian dollar […]
Last week, the U.S. Treasury secretary hinted he's considering issuing government debt with maturities of as long as 100 years.