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1Q22 Market & Strategy Update
In his quarterly webcast, Western Asset CIO Ken Leech will discuss the progress of the ongoing global recovery, our views on inflation, interest rates and monetary policy as well as the Firm's portfolio positioning.
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Learning to Live with Covid
In his 4Q21 market commentary, Western Asset CIO Ken Leech discusses the encouraging progress in the fight against COVID-19 as well as our investment outlook and our views on monetary policy, inflation, and global growth.
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Multi-Asset Credit (MAC):
Shopping for IncomeRobert Abad discusses the advantages of investing in our MAC strategy, including how it was able to side-step minefields over the last year and its ongoing search for income-generating opportunities.
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Why Fixed-Income Still Matters
We believe fixed-income investments are an essential pillar of every successful long-term portfolio, regardless of the current market environment.
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Macro Opportunities—An Analysis of Drawdowns
Joe Filicetti describes how our Macro Opportunities strategy has repositioned its portfolio after periods of negative performance (drawdowns) to then outperform in subsequent periods.
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Short Duration Strategies at Western Asset
Portfolio Manager Nick Mastroianni and Product Specialist Doug Wade discuss the variety of investment strategies that Western Asset offers in the short duration space.
Jan 27, 2022
ECONOMY
Jan 26, 2022
MARKETS
Jan 26, 2022
MARKETS
4Q Real GDP Growth at 6.9% on Surge in Inventory Investment
Real GDP growth in 4Q was estimated today to have been 6.9%, compared to 2.3% in 3Q. The estimate today was in line with the Street forecasts we had seen, but higher than our own expectation of 5-point-something percent growth and even more above the outline we provided three months ago, when commenting on the 3Q data.
