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.
Carrier Reports On Roth Account Growth
By Staff WriterNationwide Financial Services Inc. says the new Roth 401(k) arrangements have been popular.The 1-year-old Roth 401(k) program permits employees to pay taxes on income, put ...
February 01, 2007
Through Thick and ThinBalanced funds provide investors with diversification within the confines of a single investment vehicle by holding a portfolio of highly uncorrelated asset classes. Such funds...
February 01, 2007
Behind the Numbers, with Sam Stovall"Our investment policy committee has a benchmark for the average balance investor of 60% of their money exposed to equities and 40% exposed to fixed...
January 24, 2007
Part D Boosts WellPoint EarningsThe new Medicare prescription drug program helped fourth-quarter profits at a large managed care company.WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis, is reporting $801 million in net income for ...
January 11, 2007
Monumental Kicks Off Funding ProgramA unit of AEGON Institutional Markets will be raising $700 million by issuing 7-year notes.The unit, Monumental Life Global Funding III, will be splitting the ...
January 05, 2007
Morningstar Announces 2006 Fund Managers of the YearMorningstar, Inc. has namedits 2006 mutual fund managers of the year, picking managers who "not only posted impressive returns for the year, but also . . . must have a record of delivering outstanding long-term performance and of aligning their interests with shareholders'." Morningstar uses its own research and evaluations...
December 20, 2006
SIFMA Elects DirectorsThe Securities Industry and Financial Services Association (SIFMA), announced December 20 that it has elected a Board of Directors, the same slate that was proposed at the November SIFMA Launch in Boca Raton, Florida, and nominated officers for whom it is expected that the Board will vote at its meeting...
December 17, 2006
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