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.
Fed to Keep Rates Low Through 2014
By Martin CrustsingerThe Federal Reserve went further than ever Wednesday to assure consumers and businesses that they'll be able to borrow cheaply well into the future.
January 18, 2012
AdvisorOne’s 2011 Q4 Earnings Calendar for the Finance SectorHere is AdvisorOne's calendar marking expected Q4 earnings dates for firms of greatest interest to financial advisors.
January 18, 2012
Top 25 Fastest Growing Fund ManagersQuite a few of the top 25 fastest growing fund managers for last year came from boutique firms, according to Strategic Insights Simfund database.
January 18, 2012
Which Indexed Annuity GLWB is Best?The determining factor ultimately depends on whether the rider performs better now or later.
January 13, 2012
Investors Flee Stocks and Bonds, Stuff Cash in MattressesA new research report reveals that retail investors are pouring their income into bank savings and checking accounts and shunning stocks and bonds in near record numbersdespite all the Federal Reserve has done to entice them into risky assets.
January 13, 2012
Energy Market Imbalance Could Transform Entire IndustriesIn the last five years, the spread between oil and gas prices has materially widened, which potentially has far-reaching effects across a value chain that touches industries including energy, utilities, chemicals and transportation, not to mention geopolitics.
January 12, 2012
SIFMA Says Volcker Rule Threatens to Freeze Corporate Bond MarketSIFMA says that an overly restrictive implementation of the Volcker rule could severely reduce liquidity in the $1 trillion U.S. corporate bond market.
January 11, 2012
Bill Gross Touts PIMCO Total Return ETF at Virtual SummitPIMCO CIO Bill Gross promoted the upcoming launch of an ETF-version of his PIMCO Total Return Fund at the ETF Virtual Summit, a four-hour online event held on Tuesday that was attended by nearly 1,000 advisors.