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.
Pension risk transfer index up in December
By Warren S. HerschThe Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index rose to 84.92 in January from 81.31 at the start of December.
January 07, 2013
PIMCO’s ‘New Normal’ Hasn’t HappenedThey didn't foresee policymakers from the Federal Reserve to the Peoples Bank of China pumping $6 trillion into the global economy.
January 04, 2013
El-Erian, Gross: Job Growth ‘Frustratingly Gradual’Mohamed El-Erian and Bill Gross, the conjoined twins of the bond world, wasted little time in commenting on the December jobs report.
January 04, 2013
PIMCO’s Gross QE4 Warning: Here Be Inflationary DragonsPIMCO bond guru Bill Gross leads the charge in expressing all the inflation fears that the Fed unleashed with its December QE4 announcement.
January 04, 2013
Morningstar Announces Fund Managers of the YearMorningstar announced its 2012 U.S. Fund Manager of the Year award winners on Thursday after releasing a slow tease of nominees prior to the Christmas holiday.
January 02, 2013
PIMCO’s El-Erian: Fiscal Cliff Deal Makes Little Economic SensePIMCO CEO doesnt think much of the last-minute deal struck by Congress to avert the fiscal cliff.
December 27, 2012
For Bonds in 2013, Many Unhappy Returns: Fixed Income AnalystsThe fiscal cliff, an accommodative Fed and slow economy will conspire to push yields down, say analysts with Loomis Sayles, LPL, Morgan Stanley and more.