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.
BondDesk’s New Partnership With Trade West Creates ‘Retail Supermarket for Bonds’
By Joyce HansonBondDesk'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 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
November 13, 2011
Gold: Worth the Risk?Gold has many attributes that investors want, and it has been one of the few assets to deliver positive returns consistently since 2005.
November 10, 2011
New Hire Roundup: Fidelity Names Presidents, SIFMA Gains President and Board MembersThis week in new hires, Fidelity Asset Management announced two new presidents in its fixed income division and SIFMA announced its new president and board members.
November 09, 2011
Jon Sundt of Altegris on New Fund With Gundlach: Schwab Impact VideoAltegris' CEO talks about the new managed futures combined with fixed income fund the firm has launched, using managers including Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital.
November 07, 2011
John Hussman Warns: Probability of Recession ‘Near 100%’John Hussman, the former international finance professor turned portfolio manager, warns that 'nearly every traditional asset class is priced to achieve miserably low long-term returns right now.