The Bonds are Back in Town: How the Pandemic has changed the “low for long” into a strategic buying opportunity in bonds?

For the first time in decades, long-term interest rates have broken out of their steady downtrend with recent spikes. Is this a temporary irregularity? Or has the rate environment reverted to a paradigm of sustained higher yields and returns from bonds? In this episode, Robert Tipp, CFA, examines how we arrived at “low for long,” and why it’s given way to generational highs in growth, inflation, and interest rates, creating a strategic buying opportunity in fixed income. Robert also provides his thoughts on potential interest rate paths and soft versus hard landing possibilities in 2023. Recorded on November 17, 2022.