Fixed Income
News and analysis of fixed income markets including the key factors affecting performance such as interest rates, Federal Reserve policy and the state of the economy.
What's Scarier Than the Inverted Yield Curve?
By Brian ChappattaThe Treasuries market is sending another ominous sign about the future of interest rates.
August 05, 2019
US Stocks Plummet in Worst Trading Day of the YearThe escalating U.S.-China trade war was the catalyst.
August 05, 2019
Is a US Recession Coming? Yield Curve Sounds Loudest Warning Since 2007The inversion of the yield curve is at its most extreme since the financial crisis.
August 05, 2019
Morgan Stanley Introduces Impact Quotient App for Advisors: Portfolio ProductsAlso, AdvicePay introduced a new fee calculator for advisors's fee-for-service payments.
August 01, 2019
Trump Criticizes Fed Rate Cut: 'Powell Let Us Down'Trump has suggested he might fire Powell or demote him as Fed chair but it's not clear he has the legal authority to do either.
July 31, 2019
Fed Cuts Rates for the First Time Since the Great RecessionFed Chairman Jerome Powell called it a "mid-cycle adjustment policy."
July 29, 2019
What Samuel Adams KnowsHigher costs might make a product a niche product. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
July 29, 2019
If Powell Gives an Inch, Bond Traders May Ask Fed for a MileThe swaps market shows traders pricing in nearly three 25-basis-point cuts by January, and another quarter-point reduction by the end of 2020.