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.
Bond Investors Seek More Transparency
By Janet LevauxMany U.S. retail bond investors would like more information about how individual bonds are priced and the way that theyre sold, according to a recent report released by Charles Schwab. The study found that 73 percent of bond investors surveyed want pricing details, 44 percent cant figure out how...
November 21, 2011
Larry Summers: Three Ways to Combat Rising InequalityLawrence Summers, past president at Harvard University, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration and economic advisor to President Barack Obama, took to the pages of The Washington Post on Monday to decry the growing gap between rich and poor. He then offered three suggestions that he claimed would help distribute...
November 21, 2011
BondDesk’s New Partnership With Trade West Creates ‘Retail Supermarket for Bonds’BondDesk's deal with Trade West gives investors access to individual bond sales via third-party platforms that compete with the BondDesk automated trading system.
November 21, 2011
Best 5 Investment Picks for 2012Top investment strategists who presented their 2012 outlooks in New York recently said corporate earnings were at an all-time high, and the smart money was positioning investments for growth next year.
November 17, 2011
PIMCO’s Gross, El-Erian Discuss Economic Change, Lessons Learned in 2011PIMCOs Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian, the leadership of the worlds biggest bond shop, discussed with Bloomberg lessons learned in 2011, the speed of economic change and the crisis in Europe.
November 16, 2011
5 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q3 EarningsBrokerage firms in the third quarter boosted earnings growth as high as nearly 2,200% and reported declines as low as 120% AdvisorOne selected a lucky 10 to spotlight.
November 15, 2011
Brian Schmucker of RiverNorth on Closed End Funds: Schwab Impact VideoThe CEO of RiverNorth Capital discusses trends in closed end funds and what's behind the rapid growth of the Jeffrey Gundlach-influenced RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Income Fund.
November 14, 2011
Vanguard Expert: Dividend-Paying Stocks ‘Are Not Bonds’As investors look to dividend-paying stocks for yields, an economist with Vanguard cautions them against substituting such investments for lower-volatility vehicles, like bonds