FOLIOBEYOND FIXED INCOME COMMENTARY FOR Q1 2022
The historic adjustment that the fixed income market is undergoing is long overdue. Negative real rates, pent-up inflationary and labor market pressures, continued supply chain bottlenecks, and possible aggressive Fed tightening were bound to result in a massive reversal of the long-term bull market. While we have witnessed dramatic moves higher in interest rates during the first quarter of 2022, we believe this is likely to be the early innings of a more significant repricing of various asset classes until a temporary equilibrium is reached.