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What the Fed won’t do, however, is start cutting rates again anytime soon, he said. But not to worry — Rieder thinks the US economy is likely strong enough to avoid a serious downturn, and that investors are underestimating the likelihood of a soft-landing outcome for the US economy. Then the central bank will watch from there, he said, and move depending on economic data.

By 2009, the hedge fund had assets worth $1.5 billion, but BlackRock acquired it; Rick was tasked with managing the fixed-income portfolio. So, let’s take a look at how Rick Rieder has stayed on top of things at BlackRock and a few more things you most probably didn’t know about him. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Carefully consider the Funds’ investment objectives, risk factors, and charges and expenses before investing.

While we like being patient today, if U.S. rates can indeed find a stable range in the coming months; that would likely mark the moment that investors should emerge from their time-out and start to deploy cash into financial assets again. We have climbed higher up the policy rate mountain than we have at any time in the last two decades, save for a brief period in 2007, such that the years of paltry fixed income returns that haunted the market in the 2010s may be coming to an end. The shares of any fund mentioned herein may only be marketed in Bermuda by or on behalf of the fund or fund manager only in compliance with the provision of the Investment Business Act 2003 of Bermuda and the Companies Act of 1981. Engaging in marketing, offering or selling any fund from within the Cayman Islands to persons or entities in the Cayman Islands may be deemed carrying on business in the Cayman Islands. As a non-Cayman Islands person, BlackRock may not carry on or engage in any trade or business unless it properly registers and obtains a license for such activities in accordance with the applicable Cayman Islands law.

It is your responsibility to be aware of and to observe all applicable laws and regulations of any relevant jurisdiction. In fact, while the 2010s were known for outsized equity returns and tiny fixed income yields, this may be flipped in the next few years. The S&P 500 earnings yield is on par with the yield of a 6-month Treasury bill for the first time in decades, and dividend yields are vastly inferior to their respective corporate bond counterparts. On a relative valuation basis, stocks cannot be considered the cheaper asset, in our view. To hit a 6%, or 6.5%, yield target in the years between the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and 2022, it was almost a given that investors needed to own a primarily low quality, high yield portfolio. Today, given the repricing in risk-free rates, high quality fixed income can become the dominant fixture of a similarly yielding portfolio.

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“I think you’re going to see very moderate defaults given how strong companies’ balance sheets are, and I would take the risk there versus other parts of the market today.” The high level of uncertainty Rieder speaks of stems from the unknown rate of change of inflation going forward, and how aggressively the Fed will continue to move to counteract it — and perhaps most importantly, how resiliently the US economy will react to said hawkishness. Amid a period of “maximum uncertainty,” as Rieder put it in a note to clients in early August, it’s the wrong way to approach investing today. Rick Rieder is in charge of assets worth $1.8 trillion, but it is under his leadership that the hedge fund has managed to grow exponentially. After working at Lehman for two years, Rick was ready to establish his own fund hence in 2008, R3 Capital was born, being backed up by Lehman.

BlackRock’s Rick Rieder: I think the terminal funds rate is 5.25%, 5.5%

As he underwent the career interview process at the campus, someone was kind enough to tip Rick about a company whose future looked promising. Although he did not have loads of money to invest in the firm, the business executive still did with the little he could accumulate. The stock had lucrative returns which opened Rick’s eyes to the world of investing, and he continued trading stocks, informing his decision with investment classes he was taking. In Brazil, this private offer does not constitute a public offer, and is not registered with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, for use only with professional investors as such term is defined by the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários. The funds may use derivatives to hedge its investments or to seek to enhance returns. Derivatives entail risks relating to liquidity, leverage and credit that may reduce returns and increase volatility.

• “I think you’re going to see very moderate defaults given how strong companies’ balance sheets are, and I would take the risk there versus other parts of the market today.”
• Before joining Lehman Brothers, he was a credit analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta.
• Mr. Rieder serves as Chairman and President of the Board of Education for North Star Academy’s fourteen Charter Schools in Newark, NJ.

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Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income

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Reliance upon information in this material is at the sole risk and discretion of the reader. The material was prepared without regard to specific objectives, financial situation or needs of any investor. Emerging markets are another area where fixed income yields have become attractive. The average yield on a portfolio of 2-year Mexico and Brazil bonds (these are some of the largest economies in the world, not just EM) is at a whopping 12%, a yield premium over the U.S. that does start to compensate investors for a variety of risks, including FX and inflation risk. Indeed, EM central banks have been ahead of the curve in this hiking cycle, front-running the Fed for much of the journey. Some stability in U.S. rates and in the U.S., dollar would leave yields on EM local rates looking very juicy, without investors even having to dive into more idiosyncratic regions, or out the curve (see Figure 6).

An adaptable approach to today’s changing bond markets

The collaboration he has with GradGen is through the BBA Investment Fund, which he founded to help students become financially savvy. He prioritizes equipping financial literacy skills in older children, but Rick believes that the government should implement the best education system lest, in future, people will be out of jobs. Rick’s father closed his company when technology took over, and the business executive foresees such a scenario in some professions such as truck driving when self-driven cars will flood the market.

Is generally expected to be below that of the U.S., making risk-free rates in those jurisdictions that have jumped in line with rates in the U.S., look particularly interesting (see Figure 5). The caveat to this is that inflation has been arguably even stickier, especially in the Euro area. To moderate over time, meaning EUR and GBP rates will be a top consideration for portfolios when we do emerge from our time-out.

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You would think that the more you make money, the more time you get to sleep but Rick Rieder has proven that is not the case. According to eFinancialCareers, he wakes up at 3.30 am to catch up on the latest in the stock market before he starts trading. He explained that it is between 3.30 am and 6.30 am that the market is most volatile.

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At its March meeting the Fed raised its policy rate by 25 basis points, but also committed to keeping liquidity in the system (the Fed increased its balance sheet by $300 billion so far in March) and leaving its estimate of the year-end policy rate unchanged at 5.1%. Additionally, Chair Powell suggested that the Fed could pause rate hikes, as we are moving closer to the end of the hiking cycle (in our view, given recent events, the terminal funds rate will likely reside around 5.25%), and they’re likely to reach that point at the next meeting. When Rick talked to Market Watch, he disclosed that traditional investors fail to make money in their investments because they focus on a firm’s profit growth trend instead of its cash flow.