Diving into the Fed’s Balancing Act

The Federal Reserve is navigating inflation, political pressures and shifting market expectations. Dive into how they are making data-driven decisions and what this means for fixed income investors.

Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index measures the performance of investment grade, fixed-rate taxable bond market and includes government and corporate bonds, agency mortgage-backed, asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities (agency and non-agency). Bloomberg US Corporate Index measures the performance of the US investment grade fixed-rate taxable corporate bond market. Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Bond Index measures the USD-denominated, high-yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch and S&P is Ba1/BB+/BB+ or below. The indexes are unmanaged, include net reinvested dividends, do not reflect fees or expenses (which would lower the return) and are not available for direct investment. Index data source: Bloomberg Index Services Limited. See diamond-hill.com/disclosures for a full copy of the disclaimer. 

S&P 500 Index measures the performance of 500 large companies in the US. Nasdaq Composite Index measures the performance of more than 3,000 securities and is heavily weighted in technology stocks.

Investment Grade is a Bond Quality Rating of AAA, AA, A or BBB

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