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.
Brandywine Beats PIMCO With Sharp Macro Calls
By Joyce HansonBrandywine portfolio manager Stephen Smith's open secret is that he's shorting the bond market while awaiting its return to what he calls normalization.
September 21, 2012
GOP retreat on taxes likely if Obama winsRepublicans still believe they have a shot at the White House, but they're also starting to plan for the possibility that they don't get it.
September 20, 2012
Ireland Investors Warned of Coming LossesIrelands bonds have been the second-best-performing in the eurozone in 2012, but a Citigroup economist says that the countrys hopes to avoid debt restructuring by raising money in the markets are premature.
September 18, 2012
Riding the FIA waveFixed indexed annuities sales are cresting. Heres how one company is riding that wave.
September 18, 2012
Riding the FIA waveFixed indexed annuities sales are cresting. Heres how one company is riding that wave.
September 18, 2012
Pimco’s Gross Slams Fed in Tweet CritiqueSure, hes no Kim Kardashian or Ashton Kutcher, but PIMCOs Bill Gross is gaining traction with his Twitter feed.
September 17, 2012
Merkel Defends ECB, BundesbankChancellor Angela Merkel of Germany defended both sides of the bond-buying issue, saying that politicians should stay out of ECB limits in bond purchases but championing the right of the Bundesbank head to challenge them.
September 14, 2012
South Korea Sees Third Rating UpgradeSouth Korea was given its third debt rating upgrade in less than three weeks as Standard & Poors raised it one step to A+, citing a lower risk on the Korean peninsula after a smooth change in leadership in North Korea.