Stephen Blakely

"Take a look at the start of 2026, taking in over $100 billion just in the first two months of the year... it's the strongest start to a year in the data we have... Investors are leaning into high-quality income." Despite headline inflation noise and geopolitical volatility, institutional and retail money is aggressively front-running the fixed income market, locking in attractive yields in high-quality, short-duration, and inflation-protected bond ETFs. LONG. The unprecedented pace of inflows provides a strong technical floor for bond prices, while current yields offer an attractive risk-adjusted return against equity volatility. A massive resurgence in inflation forces the Fed to hike rates further, causing a duration selloff across the fixed income complex.

"Take a look at the start of 2026, taking in over $100 billion just in the first two months of the year... it's the strongest start to a year in the data we have... Investors are leaning into high-quality income." Despite headline inflation noise and geopolitical volatility, institutional and retail money is aggressively front-running the fixed income market, locking in attractive yields in high-quality, short-duration, and inflation-protected bond ETFs. LONG. The unprecedented pace of inflows provides a strong technical floor for bond prices, while current yields offer an attractive risk-adjusted return against equity volatility. A massive resurgence in inflation forces the Fed to hike rates further, causing a duration selloff across the fixed income complex.

"Take a look at the start of 2026, taking in over $100 billion just in the first two months of the year... it's the strongest start to a year in the data we have... Investors are leaning into high-quality income." Despite headline inflation noise and geopolitical volatility, institutional and retail money is aggressively front-running the fixed income market, locking in attractive yields in high-quality, short-duration, and inflation-protected bond ETFs. LONG. The unprecedented pace of inflows provides a strong technical floor for bond prices, while current yields offer an attractive risk-adjusted return against equity volatility. A massive resurgence in inflation forces the Fed to hike rates further, causing a duration selloff across the fixed income complex.