Monday, June 3, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Food For Thought (RE Fixed Income Investments)

Fixed income investors should brace themselves for substantial market value declines of traditional core and core-plus investments as interest rates rise in response to anticipated tightening in monetary policy.

 

Instead of the core, core-plus, government and benchmark-oriented strategies of old, investors should seek out next generation debt investment strategies including global and emerging market debt, high yield bonds, bank loans and other alternative benchmark-agnostic strategies.

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

Ph:  225-342-0013

Email:  jbroussard@treasusry.state.la.us

 

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