Viewpoints from Manulife Investment Management
Established asset manager with global resources and expertise extending across equity, fixed-income, and alternative investments as well as asset allocation strategies
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Strengths and weaknesses across emerging markets: COVID-19’s uneven impact
The coronavirus pandemic is hitting some emerging-market economies harder than others. Join an EM equity specialist for a (virtual) global tour.
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Municipal bond market update: a crisis averted
The Fed’s historic policy backstop and the government’s $2+ trillion fiscal stimulus could go a long way toward shoring up muni market sentiment. And yet caution remains warranted for muni bond investors.
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From coronavirus to credit market stress
The Fed acted quickly to alleviate signs of stress in the fixed-income market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Has it done enough?
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The Fed's historic stimulus
Having slashed interest rates to near zero and played down the likelihood of negative rates, has the Fed run out of tools to prop up growth? Our experts think not. Read the latest analysis from Frances Donald.
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The Fed's emergency rate cut—what it can and cannot fix
What's the point of the Fed's emergency rate cut? It won't put an end to supply chain disruption or halt the coronavirus health crisis. But it may put the economy on a stronger long-term trajectory.
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Finding balance amid dramatic market volatility
The portfolio managers of John Hancock Balanced Fund provide an update on portfolio positioning amid coronavirus fears and what they think comes next for equity and bond markets.
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Yields fall as the coronavirus spreads: our outlook for fixed income
U.S. Treasury yields hit record lows with new cases of the coronavirus cropping up in Europe and the United States. Calls are growing for the Federal Reserve to act. We take a closer look at the risks in the bond markets.
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Coronavirus breaks out beyond China: the implications for emerging-market debt
The potential economic consequences of the coronavirus extend well beyond China's borders. We take a closer look at the ramifications to manufacturers, supply chains, and emerging-market debt.
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Coronavirus outbreak: the impact on emerging-market equities
Across emerging-market equities, the impact from the coronavirus outbreak is likely to be far-reaching, but hardly uniform. We explore risks as well as potential opportunities.
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Coronavirus update: implications for U.S. interest rates
At the start of 2020, conventional wisdom suggests the Fed was done cutting rates for the time being. Then came the coronavirus outbreak. We list five reasons why the Fed might cut rates soon.
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