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.
TrimTabs: Funds Continue to Flow Out of U.S. Stocks
By Gil WeinreichFunds flow tracker TrimTabs is reporting discouraging news for equities, saying investors continued their flight to the perceived safety of bonds in the first quarter.
May 24, 2012
AdvisorShares, Philippe Cousteau Launch Actively Managed Sustainable ETFPhillippe Cousteau, grandson of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, hopes to use the multi-manager Global Echo ETF to 'do well by doing good.'
May 24, 2012
Raymond James Shows Morgan Keegan Effect on April Results for FAsThe combined advisor force generated more than $250 million in total fees and commissions with Morgan Keegan FAs adding nearly 25% boost.
May 22, 2012
ETF Market Explodes as Asset Managers InnovateThe RIA Group at iShares has seen phenomenal growth, to 100 boutique managers totaling $46 billion in ETF assets this year versus only a few managers with $5.8 billion in assets in 2009.
May 22, 2012
FDIC Warns on Risks of Market-Linked CDsA new consumer alert from the FDIC on market-linked CDs, one of the most popular structured products, counsels investors not to let the possibility of higher returns obscure their view of the risks.
May 21, 2012
PIMCO’s El-Erian: Greek Euro Exit ‘Probably Inevitable’Greece may have to exit the 17-nation eurozone, and the monetary union should plan for it to ensure stability.
May 18, 2012
DoubleLine’s Gundlach: ‘We Don’t Like the Short End of the Curve at All’The legendary fixed-income manager Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, joined Tom Keene on Bloomberg TVs Surveillance Midday to discuss Europe, alpha and possible Fed moves.
May 17, 2012
5 High-Profile Muni Bond BustsWhitney was wrong, but high-profile defaults did occur, spooking markets and piquing analysts.