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.
Energy Market Imbalance Could Transform Entire Industries
By Jason Benowitz, CFAIn 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 09, 2012
Economist Kotlikoff Declares Third-Party Candidacy for PresidentPresidential candidates often struggle to explain their economic policies in the detail sought by media questioners. But that wont be a problem for economist Laurence Kotlikoff, running as a candidate of an Internet-based third-party platform that promises to place its top vote getter on the ballot in each of the...
January 09, 2012
Gold ETFs Lose Luster With Advisors as Fixed Income Funds Climb: SchwabThe top 10% of RIAs by AUM have the bulk of their ETF assets in U.S. and international equity funds, at 62%, while smaller firms use U.S. fixed income ETFs 50% more.
January 06, 2012
Doubleline Capital Looks Back at 2011, Ahead to 2012 for MarketsJeffrey Gundlach firms Just Markets call explores outlook for Europe, U.S. stock and debt markets: caution on China, bullish on EM equities
January 05, 2012
Prudential Experts Forecast Equities Gains in 2012, but Continuing Market Volatility Stemming from Global RisksEquities should outperform bonds in 2012, but markets remain vulnerable to continuing global risks, including the European sovereign debt crisis and a potential bursting of the real bubble in China.
January 05, 2012
Prudential Experts Forecast Equities Gains in 2012, but Continuing Market Volatility Stemming from Global RisksEquities should outperform bonds in 2012, but markets remain vulnerable to continuing global risks, including the European sovereign debt crisis and a potential bursting of the real bubble in China.
January 05, 2012
High-Quality Bonds in 2011 Saw Best Performance Since 2002: LPL’s ValeriHigh-quality bonds in 2011 posted their strongest returns since 2002, even better than in 2008 when Treasury prices soared, says LPL Market Strategist Anthony Valeri.
January 02, 2012
What Lies Ahead for the Euro?Would Italy be where it is today had Berlusconi planned its public finances as well as he planned his private events?