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.
Burton Malkiel Picks Bonds as ‘Worst Asset Class for Investors’
By Joyce HansonMalkiel 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.
March 28, 2012
Income Protection: Are You Asking These 3 Questions?Home: Protected. Car: Protected. Life: Protected. Pet: Protected. Most valuable asset: ?
March 28, 2012
Bill Gross Talks QE3, PIMCO’s New ETFPIMCO founder and co-CIO Bill Gross spoke with Bloomberg Television's Margaret Brennan Wednesday, telling her the Fed will likely shift focus to mortgage securities to keep borrowing rates low when Operation Twist ends in June.
March 28, 2012
Morningstar Conference Preview: Alternatives, Technology and Other Hot-Button IssuesMorningstar's Shannon Zimmerman tells Investment Advisor's John Sullivan that the speaker lineup will include GMOs Grantham and JP Morgans Gatch.
March 27, 2012
AIJ Chief Denies Cheating, Admits Loss Cover-upSpeaking publicly for the first time since AIJ made headlines for losing client funds, the company president, Kazuhiko Asakawa, said that while he did cover up losses of $1.3 billion, he had never intended to cheat his customers and had been confident that the firm could recover the money.
March 26, 2012
Stats Show Bond Fund ShiftSince the 2008 financial crisis, the intermediate-term bond category has grown from less than $500 billion in assets to nearly $930 billion.
March 26, 2012
All Eyes on PIMCO ETF LaunchPIMCO launched its exchange-traded fund version of PIMCO Total Return in early March, and investors are closely watching to see how Bill Gross active management of the ETF fares.
March 22, 2012
JOBS Act Passes Senate by Wide MarginThe much-criticized, bipartisan JOBS Act passed the Senate on Thursday, 73-26.