2026 Outlook: Fixed Income Views
A disciplined, quality-focused approach across fixed income and private credit can help position portfolios for balanced risk-adjusted returns in a challenging environment in 2026.
A disciplined, quality-focused approach across fixed income and private credit can help position portfolios for balanced risk-adjusted returns in a challenging environment in 2026.
The rally in global equities stalled last month as emerging tech sector concerns offset generally supportive news on trade and politics, while expectations of more accommodative monetary policy was a tailwind across asset classes.
This publication presents manager performance for 37 asset classes and substrategies, showing the median, mean, and key percentiles of return. Relevant indexes for each asset class are also included to provide market context.
No, the recent bankruptcies of First Brands Group and Tricolor do not signal systemic problems in private credit.
Long-dated government bonds have come under pressure in recent months, but markets are not beginning to price in a fiscal crisis in our view. Drawing on market data and institutional trends, we believe they will continue to behave defensively during deflationary shocks.
This report provides a comparative overview of management fees and discretionary expenses across five hedge fund strategies in Cambridge Associates’ manager universe—long/short equity, credit opportunities, multi-strategy, global macro, and fund of hedge funds—for the years 2022 through 2024.
Global equities advanced in Q3 as investors looked past peak tariff uncertainty, focusing on resilient economic activity and earnings growth, ongoing artificial intelligence developments, and a resumption of Federal Reserve rate cuts.
This publication presents manager performance for 37 asset classes and substrategies, showing the median, mean, and key percentiles of return. Relevant indexes for each asset class are also included to provide market context.
Yes. Current market expectations for the Federal Reserve to lower its policy rate by roughly 150 basis points by the end of next year are overly optimistic.
Once perceived as a US ally, India has recently been thrust into geopolitical crosshairs. Given the increased macro uncertainty, we would not overweight India at this time, particularly as equity valuations remain elevated despite the recent underperformance. Trade policies remain in flux, and there are measures that India can take to counter the near-term impact of tariffs. However, investors should monitor negotiations around India’s Russian oil imports, as these could have wider implications for the economy and market, especially the rupee.