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.
Top Portfolio Products: BlackRock to Launch Bond-Trading Platform
By Marlene Y. SatterAlso last week, U.S. Commodity Funds introduced agriculture fund, while the Market Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF was rolled out.
April 11, 2012
Best and Worst Jobs of 2012 (Wall Street Journal)Where does your job rank on the list of best and worst jobs of 2012?
April 09, 2012
Gen Re: Disability Income In-Force Premiums Increase 2% in 2011Disability income insurance carriers reported a 2% increase in total in-force premiums for non-cancelable and guaranteed renewable policies in 2011, according to a new report.
April 06, 2012
The Hartford Announces Closing of Debt OfferingsThe Hartford has closed a $600 million offering to repurchase securities from Allianz as part of a larger effort to rehabilitate its business in the face of withering shareholder pressure.
April 04, 2012
Robert Reich: Dallas Fed Says Break Up Big BanksIf the big U.S. banks arent broken up, taxpayers will have to pay for another Wall Street bailoutand thats the prediction of the Dallas Fed, says Robert Reich in a blog post.
April 04, 2012
Raymond James Taps Former Morgan Keegan CEO to Lead Fixed-Income GroupThe fixed income and capital markets group will be led by John Carson Jr., former CEO of Morgan Keegan.
April 03, 2012
Forget Meredith Whitney, as Muni Lawyer Predicts New Bankruptcy WaveMeredith Whitney was taken to task last year after predicting significant muni defaults, but public finance lawyer Dubrow says he can see a wave of Chapter 9 bankruptcies coming.
April 02, 2012
Burton Malkiel Picks Bonds as ‘Worst Asset Class for Investors’Malkiel looks at three asset classes in reverse order, and says that even if the overall inflation rate is only 2.25% in the next 10 years, a 10-year Treasury will realize a zero real return.