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.
Top Portfolio Products: Franklin Templeton Introduces Flexible Global Bond Fund
By Marlene Y. SatterThe fund can invest in global debt obligations of any credit quality, maturity or duration, including derivatives.
August 06, 2015
RBC Slashes Expenses on 4 Mutual Funds in Bid to Attract AdvisorsUnder RBC Globals Cornerstone Investor program, funds expenses will be cut 39%-44%; select advisors who invest minimum of $10 million will get institutional-level services.
August 03, 2015
Pimco Gets Wells Notice Over Total Return ETF ValuationsRegulators are looking at positions in mortgage-backed securities, performance disclosures and other matters.
July 31, 2015
Pay Attention, Ignore the FedThere's a whole generation of traders who have never seen a rate increase, but normalization of interest rates can't get here soon enough for me.
July 31, 2015
Icahn, Fink Clash Over Junk BondsInvesting titan Carl Icahn and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink spar over high-yield debt and the ETFs that invest in it.
July 30, 2015
Bill Gross: ‘Zombies’ Roam Economy Thanks to Low Interest RatesLow interest rates are not the cure they are part of the problem, Gross writes in his latest outlook.
July 30, 2015
Is Equity Risk Scarier Than Interest Rate Risk in Fixed Income?The biggest risk in bond portfolios isn't interest rates, two experts say; it's the extra equity risk taken on by investors seeking income.
July 29, 2015
Corporate pension funding not expected to improve muchA hit to median pension funding levels is only partially offset by favorable returns on pension plan assets in 2014.