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.
Yellen: Economy Will Need Fed’s Support for ‘Some Time’
By Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg, Craig Torres, BloombergFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen used a speech to a community development conference in Chicago to make the case for continued Fed stimulus.
March 27, 2014
Axel Merk Makes Case for Gold With 80 Years of DataLooking at 10-year, 30-plus year and 80-year time frames, Axel Merk finds that including gold always enhanced risk-adjusted portfolio returns.
March 27, 2014
FINRA Examining Trading in New Puerto Rico BondsThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said its examining trading in the $3.5 billion of general-obligation bonds that Puerto Rico sold this month.
March 26, 2014
Gundlach Bearish on Stocks, Doubts QE Will End in 2014Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine CEO and bond expert, has an upbeat outlook on agriculture commodities and is considering buying Russian debt.
March 24, 2014
LLC or C Corp? The Tax Implications for AdvisorsA quick report on how changing my RIA practice's legal status had a big effect on my after-tax income.
March 21, 2014
PIMCO Replaced by TCW as Manager of $1.3 Billion Bond StrategyThe PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund will be renamed TCW Core Plus Bond Fund. The decision was made before Mohamed El-Erian's departure, sources said.
March 19, 2014
Subsidy gaps may explain low young adult enrollmentYoung people who thought they were going to get help paying for their insurance plans through PPACA may be out of luck.
March 19, 2014
Subsidy gaps may explain low young adult enrollmentYoung people who thought they were going to get help paying for their insurance plans through PPACA may be out of luck.