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.
PIMCO's Gross Reduces Government Related Investments
By John SullivanPIMCO's $236 billion Total Return Fund reduced its share of U.S. government debt to minus 3% in March, while increasing its cash and cash equivalents to 31%, its highest percentage in four years.
April 01, 2011
The Demise of the Great American Middle ClassI spent the 1980-81 academic year at a graduate program in Bologna, Italy, under the aegis of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International…
March 21, 2011
Why and How I Use Individual Bonds in Client PortfoliosBond funds add an undesirable filip of risk, while there is a greater degree of predictability with individual issues.
March 20, 2011
Senate to Vote on Repealing 1099 Reporting ProvisionThe Senate appears poised to support H.R. 4, the House version of legislation repealing the much-criticized 1099 reporting provision through a vote likely to occur this week.
March 15, 2011
Jeff Gundlach Introduces DoubleLine Multi-Asset Growth FundDoubleLine CEO and CIO Jeff Gundlach introduced the firm’s newest fund, the Multi-Asset Growth Fund (DMLIX), in a webcast on Tuesday.
March 15, 2011
Bill Gross Launches Alternative PIMCO Total Return FundPIMCO bond guru Bill Gross has made headlines once again, this time by launching a new version of his Total Return Fund that eschews risky high-yield strategies.
March 14, 2011
SunGard Adds Interactive Data's Global Fixed-Income Info to MarketMapSoftware and IT services company SunGard has added global fixed-income information from Interactive Data to its MarketMap data terminals.
March 11, 2011
Senate to Vote on Repealing 1099 Reporting ProvisionThe Senate appears poised to support the House version of legislation repealing the much-criticized 1099 reporting provision through a vote likely to occur next week.