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’s at Stake for Muni Bond Investors in Detroit Insolvency
By Gil WeinreichIn what may be the most severe case of credit distress since the Great Depression, the city of Detroit is charting new territory in negotiations with creditors to avert a Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing.
June 24, 2013
Taper Tantrum: Markets Recoil, Advisors Scramble on Fed NewsWhether its stocks, bonds, emerging markets or ETFs, investors want financial advisors to tell them how to protect their portfolios.
June 24, 2013
Hussman: Gonna Party Like It’s 1929Besides today, Hussman sees just four other times1929, 1987, 2000 and 2007, none joyous for investorsmarked by similar market conditions.
June 20, 2013
Gross, Gundlach, Faber Batter Bernanke as Stocks TumbleGundlach doesnt like bond alternatives, Gross doesnt like the Fed, Faber doesnt like Obama and Schiff doesnt like anybody. Judging from Wednesdays and Thursdays stock sell-off, they might be on to something.
June 20, 2013
May Fund Flows: ‘Prelude to the Storm,’ Says MorningstarInvestors move into bond sectors that are less sensitive to interest rates and pull funds out of equities.
June 19, 2013
Bernanke Sets Timeline for Fed to End Bond-BuyingBernanke said the reductions would occur in "measured steps" and that the purchases could end by the middle of next year.
June 18, 2013
World economic group calls for global exchange of tax information to fight evasionShould countries band together to share information to reclaim tax revenue from money shuffled offshore?
June 18, 2013
PIMCO to Offer Aria’s Guaranteed Income ProductAria CEO David Stone said other fund family collaborations would be forthcoming.