Bond Investors Place Big Bets Against Growth

  • Axa, JPMorgan AM add Treasuries amid economic, trade concerns
  • Dalio scorns Fed officials for ‘inappropriate desire’ to hike
Ray Dalio, founder at Bridgewater Associates, discusses central bank monetary policy and the debt cycle.Source: Bloomberg)
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Billionaire Ray Dalio called out the Federal Reserve in Davos on Tuesday, echoing a sentiment that’s firing up some big managers to load up on duration.

Axa Investment Managers and JPMorgan Asset Management Inc. are among investors piling into long-dated bonds, confident that slowing growth will cause policy makers in the U.S. and Europe to moderate their resolve for monetary tightening this year.