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.
Why Insure Income?
By Larry SchneiderWhy should you insure income? Because, for most people the ability to earn an income is without a doubt, their most important asset.
June 09, 2009
Wealthier Americans continue to economizeUpper-income Americans, or those who earn $90,000 or more per year, brought May to the lowest average daily spending rate of the year.
June 01, 2009
PIMCO Shares 2Q09 Markets OutlookNewport, Calif.-based Pimco has just issued its second-quarter outlook on the markets. The firm says it will "retain an emphasis on assets at the top...
June 01, 2009
Bonds, Fixed Income Indexes RiseThe Lipper HI Current Yield Bond Index has risen 17.1 percent, and the Lipper A-Rated Bond Fund Index is up 2.4 percent through early May...
May 31, 2009
Navigating The New VA World With ClientsMany financial advisors are now seeing the insurers with which they do business raise prices, experience ratings downgrades, reduce wholesaling forces, decrease benefits and features, and, in some cases, eliminate optional benefits.
May 26, 2009
Ask the expert : How to explain the exclusion ratio?This article answers the question: Can you give me a simple way to explain the exclusion ratio in annuities?
May 25, 2009
Ask the expert : How to explain the exclusion ratio?This article answers the question: Can you give me a simple way to explain the exclusion ratio in annuities?
May 18, 2009
Study: Disability DiscriminatesHealth problems that keep single, middle-income workers off the job can hit them with losses equal to 20 times the amount of their pre-disability annual income.