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.
Not Frightened of Municipal Bond Defaults? Try ETFs
By Gil WeinreichFixed income of all kinds has fallen off a cliff since the Fed’s announcement of quantitative easing on November 3, and the 60 Minutes interview…
December 23, 2010
November U.S. Personal Income and Spending Rise; Savings DeclinesThe Department of Commerce said reported that both personal income and expenditures rose in November, while the savings rate fell.
December 23, 2010
Consumer Confidence Improves to Highest Level in Six MonthsReuters/University of Michigan surveys cites improved employment expectations as reason.
December 21, 2010
The Great Recession: The Rich Got PoorerU.S. taxpayers with ultra-high incomes took the biggest hit during the first year of the recent economic crisis, according to an analysis of 2008 tax statistics.
December 21, 2010
The Great Recession: The Rich Got PoorerU.S. taxpayers with ultra-high incomes took the biggest hit during the first year of the recent economic crisis, according to an analysis of 2008 tax statistics.
December 21, 2010
Outlook 2011, Fixed Income: Low-Rate, but Volatile, Recovery, Neuberger Berman SaysThe fixed-income market in 2011 should see a continued, modest yet sometimes volatile, U.S. economic recovery with low interest rates, according to analysts at Neuberger Berman.
December 20, 2010
Distributor Improves EarningsThe Marketing Alliance Inc. says efforts to increase efficiency buoyed profits in the latest quarter.
December 20, 2010
Disability: Workers Still in a FogMost U.S. workers seem to understand that anyone can become disabled, but few seem to know just how common that disability really is.