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.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting … a Rate Hike
By Gil WeinreichThe endlessly discussed, yet-to-happen but highly feared Fed interest rate hikes are likely to be far more benign than investors imagine, Northern Trust says.
August 22, 2014
Can Managed Futures Be an Income Investor’s Best Friend?Managed futures are a good portfolio diversifier, but they also turn out to be negatively correlated with high-yield bonds. Income, anyone?
August 21, 2014
Parenthood Reveals Divide Among MillennialsMillennial parents have more "conservative" social beliefs and different shopping habits than non-parents, a study finds.
August 20, 2014
What Elizabeth Warren Fails to Understand About FinanceLaw professor Todd Zywicki says the primary victims of well-intentioned but paternalistic bureaucrats are the very people they are meant to protect, especially lower-income Americans.
August 20, 2014
Are We in a Bond Bubble? John Mauldin Says Yes, Others...Millennium Wave Advisors' Mauldin says debt day of reckoning is coming and Dallas Fed's Fisher sees "hyper-robust" bond market, but other advisors think they're crying wolf.
August 20, 2014
Measuring what retirees and pre-retirees want from income solutionsInvestment growth, flexibility and guaranteed income have greater appeal than asset management control.
August 20, 2014
Measuring what retirees and pre-retirees want from income solutionsInvestment growth, flexibility and guaranteed income have greater appeal than asset management control.
August 19, 2014
7 Ways to Boost Pension Systems: EYAmong the recommendations: appointing a "chief simplicity officer" for pension plans to make them more understandable to consumers.