Bond Fund Alternatives To Consider In A Low-Rate, High Inflation Economy

I was somewhat disappointed, given the title of the presentation. While Craig highlighted the assets in his 7/12 portfolio that did well in high inflation environments, there was only 1 option selected, i.e., a bond/equity fund of funds, to substitute for the traditional bond fund. I would have preferred a discussion of credit and duration drivers in the U.S. bond market in this rising rate environment, and how that compares in the ex-US bond market.

Was good- I always like the way Craig quantifies but then presents in a simple way

I always learn from Craig. That's the baseline. But he tends in his presentations to put numbers up on a screen and then read each one of them slowly and clearly to us - using up valuable 'philosophy' and 'substance' time. Give us the full slide and tell us what you are trying to convey. Not always, for sure... but at least some of the time. We're all pretty good with numbers, I suspect

I would rather see how different types of bonds would react to inflation. In today's options, one may consider moving away from government backed bonds into funds that are more geared to self origination by an experienced team. Or, perhaps seeing the self originated short term floating rate and/or CLOs as compared to fixed rate.