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.
Fed Rate Hike Could Boost Floating-Rate Annuities
By Allison BellHigher rates could lead to big increases in yields on the trillions of dollars of bonds in life insurers' investment portfolios.
June 15, 2022
Fed Hikes Rates 75 Basis Points; Powell Says 75 or 50 Likely in JulyCritics have slammed the Federal Reserve for not anticipating the fastest price gains in four decades and for being too slow to respond to them.
June 14, 2022
Death of the 60/40 Portfolio 'Exaggerated': LPL StrategistsRecent losses "have improved valuations for the 60/40 portfolio considerably," LPL Financial strategist Barry Gilbert and Jeffrey Buchbinder said.
June 06, 2022
How to Hedge Your Clients' Portfolios Against InflationWith inflation on the rise, certain asset classes can be used to create an investment strategy to beat inflation.
May 23, 2022
What Happened to Bill Gross? Author Details Bond King's Rise and FallThings went "off the rails" for the famed bond investor after Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian resigned, Mary Childs said at Morningstar.
May 18, 2022
Stocks Sink on Earnings, Growth FearsConsumer shares took the brunt of the selloff, leading losses in the S&P 500; meanwhile, the Nasdaq dropped over 4.5%.
May 18, 2022
Goldman CEO Sees Recession Risk, 'Extremely Punitive' InflationHe cited at least a 30% chance of such an event in the next 12 to 24 months as calculated by his firm's economists.
May 18, 2022
BlackRock, T. Rowe: Recession Fears Are OverblownThe market has priced in a downturn that may not happen, T. Rowe Price's David Giroux says.