The Latest Breaking News from Rick Rieder

“This is a Fed that believes they are behind the curve,” Robert Minter, director of ETF Investment Strategy at abrdn, told Fortune.

“The entry point is just very, very attractive,” Nuveen's CIO of fixed income Anders Persson told Fortune.

“Inflation is slowing, and doing so across a broader range of goods and services,” said Julia Pollak, ZipRecruiter’s chief economist.

Rick Rieder manages and thrives in the $2.7 trillion in fixed-income assets, making an outsized imprint on the bond markets.

“It’s too early to pop the champagne,” Ronald Temple, chief market strategist at Lazard, told Fortune, “but it’s not too early to start chilling the bottle.”

Should BlackRock’s prediction prove true, borrowing costs would hit their highest level since 2001.

“Unless this labor market strength turns out to be a one-month blip…the Fed is likely to dig in and keep rates higher for longer,” BMO Wealth Management’s chief investment strategist, Yung-Yu Ma, said.

Moody’s chief economist says a “soft landing” for the U.S. economy is in the cards. But BlackRock’s Rick Rieder warns, “Policymakers’ ability to stick this landing for the economy and markets is still very much up in the air.”

Experts say inflation has peaked and that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes may end soon. Should investors jump into stocks? Or is it a trap?