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.
Stock Analysts Start to Zig as the Fed Zags
By Stephen GandelStock analysts have recently begun to raise earnings expectations for this year while the Fed has grown more cautious about economic growth.
March 25, 2019
Business Economists Cut US Growth Forecast"NABE Outlook Survey panelists believe the U.S. economy has reached an inflection point," the group's president says.
March 22, 2019
Trump Will Nominate Economist Stephen Moore to Fed BoardMoore, a supply side economist, recently said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was a bad choice.
March 22, 2019
Treasury Yield Curve Inverts for First Time Since 2007"It looks like the global slowdown worries have been confirmed, and the market is beginning to price in Fed easing ... ," a Charles Schwab strategist said.
March 22, 2019
U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Inverts. What Happens Next?"It's not time to panic and sell everything. But the winds of change are picking up."
March 20, 2019
Fed Plans No Rate Hike This Year, Will End Asset DrawdownThe Fed indicated it would begin to slow the shrinking of its balance sheet in May, dropping monthly Treasury redemptions from $30 billion currently to $15 billion.
March 20, 2019
Gary Shilling: A Recession Is Coming, and Maybe a Bear Market, TooThe recessionary indicators are numerous.
March 19, 2019
Advisors' Advice: 11 Financial Mistakes Retirees MakeWe asked advisors about their retiring clients' biggest blunders.