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.
Life Insurers Added Asset-Backed Securities in 2021
By Allison BellBut insurers continued to put much of their extra cash in ordinary corporate bonds.
May 10, 2022
How to Reinvest 'Excess' RMDsOlder clients must take their entire RMD, but that doesn't mean they have to spend it all.
May 09, 2022
Father of 4% Rule Urges Caution, Cash as Market Risk RisesBut recent calls to cut withdrawals to around 3% or less are too conservative, Bill Bengen tells ThinkAdvisor.
May 09, 2022
10 Ways Inflation Affects Your ClientsMany of your clients have never experienced high inflation before. Help them be proactive.
May 09, 2022
U.S. Stocks Get Pummeled in Broad-Based SelloffThe S&P was down over 2%, and Cathie Wood's flagship ETF sank more than 8% Monday.
May 09, 2022
Brutal Stock Selloff Is a Multitude of Bear Cases Coming TrueDizzying as the downdraft has been, you can't say you weren't warned.
May 06, 2022
El-Erian Says Fed Has Lost Credibility With Markets, PublicIt must explain why its inflation forecasts "were so wrong for so long" and how it will fix this situation, the former PIMCO CEO says.
May 05, 2022
'Scared Like Everybody Else': Stocks Go From Shaky to UnhingedThursday was only the fourth day in 20 years when stocks and bonds each posted 2%-plus declines, going by the ETFs that track them.