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.
Bill Gross’ Year a ‘Stinker,’ as He Lags 92% of Peers
By John SullivanCiting Lipper data, PIMCOs Bill Gross, manager of the worlds largest bond fund, lost money through November while bond indexes gained about the same amount, says the Financial Times.
November 23, 2011
Bond Investors Seek More TransparencyMany 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 23, 2011
Bond Vigilantes Claim New Victim as German Bund Sale Fails: News AnalysisIn an ominous sign of the malignancy of Europes financial contagion, Germany held a bond auction Wednesday to which few buyers showed up.
November 23, 2011
Where We’re Headed: T. Rowe Price Looks at 2012 Investment Strategies'This year has been an exhausting one,' said T. Rowe Price Chairman and CIO Brian Rogers at a media conference on the outlook for 2012. But according to T. Rowe's investing experts, there are glimmers of hope on the horizon for next year.
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.