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.
S&P Warns Against Trusting In Fund Names
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Oct. 7, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EDTPortfolios of U.S. government securities can give investors a false sense of security.[@@]Standard & Poor's ...
August 30, 2004
Single-Stock Futures: Looking Back on Unrealistic ExpectationsNEEDHAM, Mass. (HedgeWorld.com)--Fixed-return options may fulfill some of the promises once optimistically attributed to single-stock futures, according to a recent research report from TowerGroup. Senior analyst Matthew B. Bienfang began his report with the observation that the American Stock Exchange has proposed the listing of fixed-return options, products that already...
August 11, 2004
BISYS Reports Fiscal 4th-Quarter ResultsNU Online News Service, Aug. 11, 2004, 10:35 a.m. EDTThe BISYS Group Inc. reports lower income but higher revenues for its fiscal 4th quarter ...
August 09, 2004
Hancock Helps Manulife Show Strong QuarterManulife credits its John Hancock Financial Services Inc. acquisition for making a strong contribution to its healthy income growth in the second quarter.[@@]Manulife, in ...
August 04, 2004
Pru Benefits From AcquisitionsNU Online News Service, Aug. 4, 2004, 4:59 p.m. EDTAcquisitions fueled an increase in second-quarter profits at Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J.[@@]The insurer is ...
August 03, 2004
Principal Reports Lower 2Q Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Aug. 3, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EDTInvestment losses contributed to a drop in second-quarter profits at Principal Financial Group Inc., Des ...
August 01, 2004
On Being ExceptionalIt was Alexis DeTocqueville who coined the phrase "American exceptionalism" after traveling the young United States in the early 1830s. There were a number of...
July 30, 2004
N.Y. Life To Acquire Pareto Fixed-Income UnitNU Online News Service, July 30, 2004, 1:23 p.m. EDTA unit of New York Life Insurance Company has agreed to acquire a fixed-income asset ...