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.
Yield Curve Entering Danger Zone as Inversion Reappears on Radar
By Liz Capo McCormickThe two-year Treasury is approaching the yield of the 10-year Treasury note, which raises the risk of an inverted yield curve, a harbinger of recession.
April 05, 2018
How to Invest in a Bond Market About to Be Flooded With New DebtFinding value now is a lot different from years past, says BlackRock's Rick Rieder.
April 04, 2018
Fed Officials Say China Tariff Brawl Clouds Interest-Rate PathTwo Fed officials say the escalating U.S.-China tariff dispute feeds uncertainty about the U.S. growth outlook.
April 03, 2018
Stunned Investors Reap 95% Gains on Defaulted Puerto Rico BondsMany investors question the rally's staying power.
April 03, 2018
Quarter Begins as Investors Ask One Thing: Is Nowhere Safe?Here's a look at how seemingly all the biggest assets disappointed in the first quarter.
April 03, 2018
Bull Market in Stocks Reaches a Watershed MomentThe co-founder of DataTrek Research discusses lessons learned from a very volatile first quarter.
April 03, 2018
Rising Rates Sound Alarm for Debt-Laden U.S. ConsumersAmericans have a history of loading up on debt in good times, then paying dearly when the bills come due.