Volatility
Can Confidence in the Financial System Be Restored?
As central banks look to restore confidence in the financial system, chances of a full-blown recession and winners and losers of the crisis are analyzed.
Failing Banks: How Long and Disruptive Will It Be?
Seven questions on the failing banks' potential economic impact, and Fed rate hikes are answered by Natixis portfolio strategists.
Credit Suisse and the Implications for European Banking
While things are still evolving, the factors supporting a positive outcome for senior bondholders are meaningful.
Why Everyone's Talking About… Silicon Valley Bank
Is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank a single, contained bank failure or an indicator of further instability across the banking system?
Corporate Health Weakens as Pricing Power Falls Sharply
Loomis Sayles’ Senior Macro Strategies Research Analsyt, Craig Burelle, takes a look at the corporate sector and the implications of a lowering in pricing power.
Emerging Markets Debt: China Takes Center Stage
The Loomis Sayles Emerging Markets Debt Sector Team shares their views on growth, corporate defaults and inflation.
Global Credit Outlook: Cautious on Turbulence & Technicals
The Loomis Sayles Global Credit Sector Team discusses rate volatility, possibly deteriorating credit fundamentals and key technicals at play in the market.
Climbing the Wall of Worry
Daniel Nicholas, Client Portfolio Manager at Harris Associates, writes about the cacophony of risks that investors face today, assessing risk and dealing with it.
Why Everyone's Talking About… The Energy Transition
The shift from fossil-fuels to renewables remains the long-term goal. But how feasible are timescales, given the need for immediate energy security?
Readying for Recession: High Yield Credit vs. Bank Loans Today
High yield is in relatively good shape if recession hits while bank loans are more challenged. Matt Eagan of Loomis Sayles’ Full Discretion Team explains.
Market Drivers and Value in Global Equities
What’s on Vaughan Nelson’s shopping list for value stocks at midyear mark? CEO Chris Wallis talks market dynamics and areas of deep discounts.
Strategist Outlook: The End of Easy Money
With recession looming, central bank policy is a linchpin in H2 prospects.
Stepping Up Resiliency of Fixed Income Portfolios
Now’s the time to balance interest rate and credit risk in fixed income portfolios, explains Matt Eagan, Co-Head of Loomis Sayles’ Full Discretion Team.
Multisector Matters: Volatility Means Mispriced Bond Opportunity
Where the Loomis Sayles Full Discretion Team is finding favorable prices and security selection opportunities amidst heightened volatility is explored.
Can Big Tech Earnings Calm Market Fears?
What’s driving the markets, and if Big Tech can save the day or exacerbate a selloff, is analyzed.
Loomis on Loans - Q1 2022
Rates have been rising. Can companies take the heat? Loomis takes a look at the Loan Market.
Three Reasons to Stay Invested in Volatile Times
Why panic selling during unsettling times may be one of the worst things long-term investors could do is analyzed over three decades.
Equity Outlook: Get Ready for Volatility & Value Plays
Geopolitical, inflationary, and policy pressures may increase volatility in equity markets and value opportunities, says Chris Wallis, CEO, Vaughan Nelson.
Macro Consequences of Russia's Invasion
How direct and indirect risks, sanctions, commodity prices, and investor sentiment may impact the world as Russia continues its drive is analyzed.
Vaughan Nelson Select: Why, How, What
Equity Analyst Adam Rich talks about how Vaughan Nelson Select takes a concentrated, active approach to equity opportunities.
2021 Institutional Outlook
Get seven critical insights into how institutions will tackle risks, opportunities, and challenges in an uncertain 2021.
2020 Global Retirement Index
The 2020 Global Retirement Index identifies five critical risks to retirement security – recession, interest rates, public debt, climate change, and income inequality – and what they mean for the industry.
Four Insights on the Pandemic Market and Investor Behavior
Results from our Global Survey of Financial Professionals, conducted in the midst of the pandemic, show that volatility and recession are top concerns and reveal insight into investor behavior in uncertain markets.
Welcome to the Meh Market
After a first half run-up, our market strategists think rate cuts are already priced in, leaving little to get excited about in the second half of 2019.
2019 Natixis Global Survey of Individual Investors
The 2019 Natixis Global Survey of Individual Investors reveals that investors are conflicted about risk, returns and what they can expect from their investments.
2019 Institutional Outlook
Our 2019 Institutional Outlook explores the nine trends driving institutional strategy for 2019.
Top Concerns for Professional Fund Buyers in 2018
With the return of market volatility, professional fund buyers reveal their top concerns–and how they plan to meet their goals despite them.
Riding the Aftershock: Wholesale Portfolio Manager Survey
How wholesale portfolio managers are finding opportunity amidst geopolitical instability, market volatility, and low interest rates.