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.
‘Bonds Are Winning,’ PGIM Says as JPMorgan Warns of Complacency
By Natasha Rausch, Katherine ChiglinskyRobert Tipp sees a huge shadow supply of excess labor.
July 06, 2017
Treasury Yields Top Gundlach’s ‘Critical Level’On Twitter, the bond king shares his views on the 10-year and sounds off on volatility and Pimcos treatment of Bill Gross.
July 05, 2017
Goldman Raises Year-End S&P 500 TargetThe index target, however, is still slightly below current trading levels.
July 05, 2017
Fed Officials Divided on When to Begin Balance-Sheet UnwindPolicymakers repeated their support for gradual rate hikes; a few expressed concern about high stock valuations.
July 05, 2017
U.S. Investment-Grade Loan Issuance Drops to Lowest Since 2013The supply of the kinds of bonds that go into life policies and annuity contracts is sputtering.
July 03, 2017
Why Does Warren Buffett Fail at Investing (Sometimes)?A look at the numbers shows why Buffett, and all of us, underperforms at times, says Bob Seawright.
July 03, 2017
The Truth About Income RidersYour clients may think of adding an income rider to an annuity as the best of both worlds, but this strategy has a downside.
July 03, 2017
The Economic Costs of Swelling Student Loan DebtBlackRock's Rick Rieder says the $1.3 trillion student loan debt is a burden for the broader economy as well as individual students and families.