WisdomTree Insights

The fixed income market has seen a resurgence of income this year, with asset classes continuing to offer attractive yields to long-term investors. Behnood Noei and Rick Harper outline how the WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund (AGGY) seeks to provide investors a favorable alternative to conventional Agg products.
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Against the backdrop of an approaching mild recession, Behnood Noei outlines an asset class that could perform well amid an economic downturn: EM local currency debt.
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With income back in fixed income, it’s prudent to examine market composition more closely. Rick Harper looks at U.S. corporate borrowers, analyzing both investment-grade and high-yield issuers across duration, quality and sector allocations.
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Investors have faced a lot of challenges in recent years, but few have been more impactful than the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates by 450 basis points in the last year. Against this backdrop, Rick Harper highlights the high-yield market and how it provides excellent opportunity for long-term investors.
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As interest rate volatility remains elevated, we continue to monitor the trade-offs between risk and potential returns across fixed income markets. With this in mind, our Model Portfolio Investment Committee discusses the latest updates to our fixed income portfolios.
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We launched our Short Duration Fixed Income Model in 2021 with the goal of reducing interest rate risk while generating close-to-index levels of yield. A year later, Scott Welch, Rick Harper and Kevin Flanagan provide an update on how this Model Portfolio has performed given the current Fed rate hike regime. 
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