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.
All That Glitters Isn’t Gold: Searching for Alpha for April 2014
By Ben WarwickDespite the ETF GLDs gains in Q1, the case for gold is far from certain.
April 03, 2014
Fed Governor Stein Resigns to Return to Teaching at HarvardJeremy Stein is a known as a thought leader on the linkage between monetary policy and financial stability.
April 02, 2014
John Bogle, Index Icon, Accused of Timing MarketServos Eric Nelson wrote a blistering critique of Vanguard founder Bogle after an interview in which the indexing icon endorsed tactical allocation.
April 02, 2014
Bill Gross’ Wild Ride: PIMCO Total Return Fund Bottom of Bloomberg RankingThe PIMCO Total Return Fund notched the worst risk-adjusted returns among 16 similar funds ranked by Bloomberg.
March 31, 2014
Fidelity Taps New ExecsFidelity Investments has named former bond manager Charles Morrison to run its asset management unit. Morrison, 53, joined Fidelity in 1987 as a bond analyst.…
March 31, 2014
Yellen: Economy Will Need Fed’s Support for ‘Some Time’Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen used a speech to a community development conference in Chicago to make the case for continued Fed stimulus.
March 30, 2014
Top Portfolio Products: Context Asset Management Rolls Out Alt Mutual FundSolactive AG launches MLP bond index, and SunGard introduced a fiduciary review tool.
March 27, 2014
How Tax Efficient Is Your Muni Bond Portfolio?Investors typically think of municipal bond products as being tax-free. However, in many cases, that is not the reality.