The Mistake Fixed Income Investors Make

December 13, 2017

Matt Freund, Co-CIO, Head of Fixed Income Strategies, Senior Co-Portfolio Manager, cautions investors not to think about the bond market as one single, monolithic market, but to think about sectors and exposures. The team sees opportunities in select parts of the credit markets, the structured product markets, as well as the international and convertible markets.

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Video recorded 11/30/2017.

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