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Highway to Hell...or Stairway to Heaven: Fixed Income Markets in 2022

As the fixed income marketplace deals with record inflation, market volatility, and the fastest interest rate hikes in decades, it may seem that uncertainty is the new normal. Weitz fixed income portfolio managers Tom Carney, CFA, and Nolan Anderson share their take on the bond marketplace of 2022 and why it could prove to be either the Highway to Hell or the Stairway to Heaven.

 

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