Jim Caron

Managing Director
28 years industry experience

Biography

Jim is the Head of Global Macro Strategies on the Global Fixed Income team. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2006 and has 28 years of investment experience. Prior to this role, Jim held the position of global head of interest rates, foreign exchange and emerging markets strategy with Morgan Stanley Research. Previously, he was a director at Merrill Lynch where he headed the U.S. interest rate strategy group. Prior to that, Jim held various trading positions in rates and option products.

Jim is a member of the
Global Fixed Income Team

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Strategies

Strategy Name	Description
Core Fixed Income Strategy	Invests in a mix of U.S. denominated investment-grade securities, particularly U.S. government, corporate and securitized assets.
Core Plus Fixed Income Strategy	Invests in U.S. denominated investment-grade securities (government, corporate, and securitized) and may invest opportunistically in non-investment-grade and non-U.S. bonds and currencies.
Global Aggregate Fixed Income Strategy	Invests in a globally diversified portfolio of multi-currency debt issued by government and non-government issuers.
Global Fixed Income Opportunities Strategy	Invests in a diversified global portfolio across the full spectrum of fixed income with the goal of a high level of current income.
Government Bond Strategy	Seeks a high level of income through value-oriented investing in U.S. government securities.
Strategic Income Strategy	Invests using an unconstrained approach across the fixed income spectrum with the goal of constructing a portfolio less sensitive to interest rates movements and able to capture positive returns across environments.

Core Fixed Income Strategy

Invests in a mix of U.S. denominated investment-grade securities, particularly U.S. government, corporate and securitized assets.

Core Plus Fixed Income Strategy

Invests in U.S. denominated investment-grade securities (government, corporate, and securitized) and may invest opportunistically in non-investment-grade and non-U.S. bonds and currencies.

Global Aggregate Fixed Income Strategy

Invests in a globally diversified portfolio of multi-currency debt issued by government and non-government issuers.

Global Fixed Income Opportunities Strategy

Invests in a diversified global portfolio across the full spectrum of fixed income with the goal of a high level of current income.

Government Bond Strategy

Seeks a high level of income through value-oriented investing in U.S. government securities.

Strategic Income Strategy

Invests using an unconstrained approach across the fixed income spectrum with the goal of constructing a portfolio less sensitive to interest rates movements and able to capture positive returns across environments.

News & Insights

Market Pulse

If the economy is so darn good, why are yields so darn low?

12-Jan-2020

Data is getting better, but bond yields are not following. What's going on here? Jim Caron explains.

Market Pulse

U.S. - China Phase 1: More a Truce Than a Deal, but a Step in the Right Direction

18-Dec-2019

On December 15 the U.S. and China stopped the “rock throwing” as no new tariffs were announced by either of the antagonists. And while there is no official deal in place, this “truce” is clearly a good first step, as outlined by Jim Caron.

Market Pulse

December FOMC: Connecting the Dots

13-Dec-2019

After three rate cuts in 2019, the Fed indicated that it would not touch rates in 2020, instead forecasting that its next action would be a rate increase in 2021. The market, however, has a different view, pricing in a rate cut at the end of 2020.

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Jim Caron

Managing Director | 28 years industry experience

Jim Caron

Managing Director 28 years industry experience

Biography

Strategies

Strategies

News & Insights

News & Insights

Managing Director
28 years industry experience