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.
Bill Gross Warns Central Banks: You’re Running Out of Time
By Bernice NapachGross lambastes the negative interest rates of many central banks: "Investors cannot make money when money yields nothing."
March 30, 2016
The Latest in Social Impact Investing: An Online Matchmaking PlatformEnable Impact matches investors to social impact companies or projects looking for Series A funding to scale up operations.
March 29, 2016
How 3 Billion Poor People Could Drive Global GrowthA new BofA Merrill Lynch report discusses the potential economic and market power of the "bottom billions."
March 28, 2016
Top Portfolio Products: New Offerings for Annuities and Impact InvestingInsurance, annuities and impact investing dominate this week's offerings of new portfolio products and solutions.
March 25, 2016
10 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: 2015 EarningsThe top four firms on this list posted huge earnings gains year over year, while profits shrank for the bottom five.
March 25, 2016
Bernanke Offers an ‘Exotic’ Way for the Fed to Address the Next SlowdownEducating the public and market participants about more-radical monetary policy alternatives might help ensure that those alternatives are never needed, the former Fed chairman writes.
March 24, 2016
If You're Over 65, You Should Love the FedIf low interest rates have posed a challenge for seniors, why then have they done relatively well in terms of consumption and income?
March 24, 2016
BlackRock Turns Bullish on U.S. StocksBlackRock noted the staying power of the U.S. economy, expectations for future growth and stronger than expected inflation.