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.
15 Best Finance Tweets of the Month: June
By Katie RassThe Twitterverse exploded in snark and outrage over news of the NSA surveillance program and the Fed's plan to taper bond buying, while Greece was cut to emerging-market status and gold bugs got jittery.
July 05, 2013
DC Plans vs. DB Plans: Who Won the EBRI Stress Test?The EBRI compared the likely benefits for participants in 401(k) plans, final-average defined benefit plans and cash balance plans.
July 05, 2013
Wall Street Fees Bleeding Pension Funds, Report SaysStates struggling with unfunded pension liabilities could come up with tens of billions fairly quickly by simply cutting Wall Street out of their fat pension management contracts.
July 05, 2013
Upbeat Jobs Report Signals Quicker QE TaperingWith jobs growth averaging 200,000 a month this year, BlackRocks Rieder, LPLs Canally and more predict Fed tapering could begin as early as September.
July 05, 2013
Top Portfolio Products: Winklevoss Twins File Bitcoin ETFIn recent portfolio developments, the brothers of Facebook fame filed a Bitcoin ETF with the SEC, and Thornburgs Developing World Fund went global.
July 04, 2013
Are TIPS From Bill Gross Worth Much Anymore?Between Gross' heavy bet on TIPS and the Fed's announcement that it would taper off its bond buying, it has been a rough few months for PIMCO.
July 03, 2013
At Midyear, Bob Doll Judges His Top 10 Predictions for 2013By Bob Doll's own accounting, the Nuveen chief equity strategist got five predictions right and three wrong, and two are still too early to call.
July 02, 2013
Viewing Interest Rate Volatility Risk Through an Options LensFor most clients, the objective of fixed income is yield; for others, the goal is to dampen the volatility of their equity portfolio. Options offer the possibility to do both.