Mixed corporate earnings set the tone overnight

The US trading day was marred by an issue with the New York Stock Exchange system that caused hundreds of securities to commence trading without an opening auction price. After-hours trading saw Microsoft rally and then fall following better-than-expected earnings but a warning regarding its cloud-computing business. Dario Messi, Fixed Income Research Analyst, joins the show to explain the rationale for his call to invest in USD investment-grade bonds.

00:14 Introduction and markets wrap-up by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing)

03:06 USD investment-grade bonds by Dario Messi (Fixed Income Research)

06:53 Closing remarks by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing)