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The Bond Segment Still Offers Opportunities that Combine Capital Protection, Return and Reduced Volatility

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The Bond Segment Still Offers Opportunities that Combine Capital Protection, Return and Reduced Volatility

Author: Gabriela Huerta

  1. Managing duration is less relevant today, a manager needs to also look at the currency and the interest rate differential
  2. Underweight Brazil and avoid the likes of Venezuela, preferring Romania, Vietnam and Namibia, while exposzed to Peru, Chile, Vietnam and Senegal
  3. It is equally important to focus on issuers that are capable of swimming against the tide during economic cycles when these are in a downturn