NDR Fixed Income Allocation Strategy September 2023 Update

The NDR Fixed Income Allocation Strategy, Positioning Update
BY BRIAN SANBORN

Entering September, the fixed income allocation strategy remains with a risk-on message and suggested no rebalancing from the month prior. The model remains overweight U.S. High-Yield Bonds, U.S. Investment Grade Corporate, Floating Rate Notes, and Emerging Market Bonds and underweight U.S. Long-Term Treasurys, U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, and U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities.

Click the link below to read more about the strategy’s positioning.

Full strategy commentary: NDRFIAS202309061

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