December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM UTC
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In the years since the financial crisis, bond investors didn’t get much return for taking on risk. With low interest rates and little sign of inflation, investors had to accept lower-quality assets to get any semblance of yield. Now that’s changing according to Dan Ivascyn, the chief investment officer of Pimco, one of the biggest bond fund managers around. In this sp…
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM UTC
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In the years since the financial crisis, bond investors didn’t get much return for taking on risk. With low interest rates and little sign of inflation, investors had to accept lower-quality assets to get any semblance of yield. Now that’s changing according to Dan Ivascyn, the chief investment officer of Pimco, one of the biggest bond fund managers around. In this special 10-year anniversary episode, Dan reflects on longer-term trends in the bond market, as well as more immediate issues like independence at the Federal Reserve, concerns around data center financing, and worries of "dangerous" and inflated credit ratings.