Fixed Income

Bond Investing in Inflationary Times

By |April 14th, 2022|Inflation Investing, Research Insights, Larry Swedroe, Academic Research Insight, Fixed Income|

As the chief research officer of Buckingham Strategic Partners, the issue I am being asked to address most often is about fixed income strategies when yields are at historically low levels and inflation risk is heightened due to the unprecedented increase in money creation (through quantitative easing), the extraordinary expansionary fiscal spending around the globe, and the war in Ukraine driving prices higher (especially for food and energy). As always, to answer the question we turn first to the academic evidence on which investments in general provide the best hedges against inflation.

Factor Investing in Sovereign Bond Markets

By |January 13th, 2022|Research Insights, Factor Investing, Larry Swedroe, Academic Research Insight, Fixed Income, Value Investing Research, Momentum Investing Research|

The reported results we covered have important implications for investors in terms of portfolio construction, risk monitoring, and manager selection. Because these common factors explain almost all the returns of bond portfolios, investors should construct their bond portfolios using low-cost, passively (systematically) managed funds with these factors in mind and then carefully monitor their exposure to these systematic risks.

Factor Investing in Sovereign Bond Markets: 221 years of evidence!

By |July 19th, 2021|Research Insights, Factor Investing, Basilico and Johnsen, Academic Research Insight, Fixed Income, Value Investing Research, Momentum Investing Research|

Factor Investing in Sovereign Bond Markets: Deep Sample Evidence Baltussen, Martens and Penningaworking paper, 2021A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category [...]

Predicting Bond Returns? Focus on GDP Growth and Inflation Indicators

By |September 8th, 2020|Research Insights, Basilico and Johnsen, Academic Research Insight, Machine Learning, Fixed Income|

Predicting Bond Returns: 70 Years of International Evidence Guido Baltussen, Martin Martens, Olaf PenningaWorking PaperA version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category [...]

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