Browse Fixed Income Securities Analysis

Active Fixed Income Strategies

Compare active strategies that seek to outperform benchmarks through rate views, curve positioning, and security selection.

In this section

  • Interest Rate Anticipation
    Learn how investors position fixed income portfolios based on expected changes in interest rates.
  • Yield Curve Strategies
    Study how investors position maturities along the curve to express views on shape and movement.
    • Bullet Strategy
      Review the bullet strategy as a concentrated maturity-positioning approach in fixed income investing.
    • Barbell Strategy
      Understand the barbell strategy and how it balances short and long maturities in one portfolio.
    • Ladder Strategy
      Review laddering as a maturity-distribution strategy for managing reinvestment and rate risk.
  • Sector Rotation and Credit Analysis
    See how active managers shift among sectors and credits to capture changing relative value opportunities.
  • Valuation Analysis and Security Selection
    Learn how relative value analysis supports security selection in active fixed income investing.
Revised on Thursday, April 23, 2026