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.
Stocks Have Room to Rise, but So Do Interest Rates: J.P. Morgan’s Kelly
By Joyce HansonJ.P. Morgan Asset Management's David Kelly believes the biggest drag on the U.S. economy is the Federal Reserve, and investors must prepare for inflation.
May 15, 2013
3 Market Strategies for Advisors, Investors From RussellThe investment group also has four steps advisors and clients may want to consider for the rest of the year in their bond investments.
May 13, 2013
Quick QE Exit Unlikely, but Do Get a Bond Haircut: PIMCO, Loomis Sayles"A bond and equity investor can choose to play with historically high risk to principal or quit the game and earn nothing, says PIMCO's Bill Gross.
May 10, 2013
Chet Helck: The 2013 IA 25 Extended ProfileWhen we began our interview, Chet Helck pointed out that he started in the financial industry as a customer.
May 08, 2013
U.S. Recovers as the World Watches: SchrodersU.S. investors are well acquainted with market uncertainty and the wobbly economic recovery, but theyve got nothing on worried investors elsewhere in the world.
May 08, 2013
MSRB (Still) Awaits SEC Muni Advisor Rule; Plans EMMA 2.0Three years after passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is still waiting for the SEC to issue its rule defining who is a municipal advisor.
May 08, 2013
3 underwriting success secrets for DI agentsHeres how to secure more approvals in less time with fewer disappointed clients.
May 08, 2013
A FIA or a VA does not = SPIAJust because interest rates are as low as they were in Eisenhower's era doesnt mean a fixed indexed or variable annuity is an income-now solution.