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.
Finke Says Jump in Rates No Panacea for Savers, Retirees: Live Blog, Day 1
By Gil WeinreichPerusing some investment literature in the Morningstar conference's lonely press room, I see an old retirement report and a conflicting story in today's Journal that prompts me to call up Michael Finke to sort it out.
June 10, 2013
PIMCO’s Gross: Fed in a Corner, Will ‘Taper’ by Year’s EndIts hard to have a market for Treasuries when the Fed owns them all, PIMCO co-CIO Bill Gross says.
June 07, 2013
Top Portfolio Products: New Utility, Infrastructure ETFsDeutsche Asset & Wealth Management launched the two new X-trackers funds, and CMG Capital Management rolled out a global equity product.
June 07, 2013
MFS Sees Pent-Up Demand Fueling 2013 GrowthJames Swanson, MFS chief investment strategist, also warned boomers against tying up too much money in U.S. government bonds.
June 05, 2013
Curian Survey: Advisors Surprise on Interest Rates, Social MediaA survey of 2,000 advisors found that advisors are optimistic about the economy compared with previous years.
June 05, 2013
PIMCO’s Gross Warns: Get Out of Market, Fed’s QE Chemo Treatment FailingThe lifeblood of Americas ailing economythe Fed's QE planmay be anemic, oxygen-starved, or even leukemic, warns bond king Bill Gross in his latest missive to shareholders.
June 05, 2013
A Startling Illustration of Globalization’s Investment ImpactA recent panel of top managers reveals interesting facts about where weve been, and where were headed. One point: the rapid growth of emerging markets' investment grade opportunities.
June 03, 2013
‘Sell in May’ for the Fixed-Income Crowd—Searching for Alpha for June 2013After investors' flight from the fixed-income markets in May, the writings on the wall.