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Talking Macro, Fixed Income, And The Strategic Alpha Bond Fund With Loomis Sayles' Matt Eagan
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Thu, 6 Dec 2012
By CFA Institute Contributors : By David Schawel, CFA Loomis Sayles is undeniably one of the pre-eminent names in the world of bond funds. The flagship $22 billion Loomis Sayles Bond Fund has returned 10.07% annually over the last 10 years, beating the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index by ...
Inflows to fixed-income products continued in November on account of market-volatility worries, while equity outflows this year could surpass 2008 levels.
Morningstar's Shannon Zimmerman recaps how stock and bondfunds have performed across categories this year and offers guidance on what investors should look for in 2013.
October data show continued inflows for bonds (including riskier fixed-income assets), while investors withdrew money from U.S. stock mutual funds and ETFs.
Core bondfunds have cut their interest-rate sensitivity relative to their benchmark, and Morningstar's Eric Jacobson says the dramatic changes in correlations have skewed common metrics, such as beta.