With yields materially higher as a result of elevated rates, high-quality markets such as U.S. investment grade corporate bonds offer attractive income.
Harnessing the full potential of working women could drive faster GDP growth, alleviate wage pressures and address the labor supply challenge as the U.S. ages.
A third consecutive year of improved funded status for U.S. pension plans, IBM re-opens its DB plan, and the importance of diversifying and de-risking.
The lower outlook by Moody’s, just months after Fitch's downgrade, reflects the rating agency’s concerns over the United States' long-term fiscal stability, but the impact on bonds should be near zero.