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 Affirms Commitment to Support a Faltering Economy
By Bernice NapachBut policymakers stressed that the path "will depend significantly on the course of the virus."
July 28, 2020
Corporate Bond Funds Are Weak Where They Look Weak: ResearchersThree economists say COVID-19-related bond fund outflows correlated well with obvious signs of fragility.
July 28, 2020
Why Big Endowments and Foundations Beat Small Ones in Q1BNY Mellon found that while smaller endowments and foundations did better in 2019, performance lagged in 2020. Here's why.
July 28, 2020
Wells Fargo Plans to Offer Its First ETFThe bank has filed with the SEC for an ETF trust and an Ultra Short Duration Income ETF.
July 27, 2020
Big Weekly Inflows for Bonds, Gold, Cash: BofAThe bank lays out two "great" themes on investors' minds this summer.
July 21, 2020
5 Things Congress' Own Retirement Analysts Are Saying About AnnuitiesOne of the CRS analysts' ideas: Make retirement plan participants decide about annuitization early.
July 21, 2020
Judy Shelton Moves a Big Step Closer to Joining Fed BoardA Senate Banking panel voted in favor of the economist, who has questioned the Fed's authority.
July 21, 2020
UBS to Pay Over $10M for Muni ViolationsThe firm circumvented the priority given to retail investors in certain municipal bond offerings, SEC claims.