Investing in a 5% Bond World: The Barbell
For wealth professionals working on bond allocations, the episode offers a manager’s framing of how a higher-yield environment shapes fixed income positioning. It also references specific WisdomTree fixed income funds used to express rate-related views.
Summary
By the bonds & fixed income deskKevin Flanagan discusses investing in a “5% bond world,” with long-term Treasury yields at multi-decade highs. The episode frames a barbell approach for fixed income in the context of growth, sticky inflation, policy uncertainty and Treasury supply.
- Long-term yields have reached multi-decade highs.
- The episode cites growth, sticky inflation, policy uncertainty and Treasury supply as factors.
- Flanagan outlines a barbell approach for a “5% bond world.”
- The description lists WisdomTree floating rate Treasury and interest-rate hedged bond funds, among others.
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