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.
Finke, Blanchett on 4% Rule: Retirement Success Is Flexibility, Not Fixation
By Jeff BermanRelying on a fixed withdrawal percentage is unrealistic, Michael Finke says in a ThinkAdvisor webinar.
May 27, 2020
How Asset Managers Are Addressing the Threat of Negative YieldsIt may never happen, but that hasn't stopped firms from taking preemptive steps.
May 23, 2020
New Fed Bond Market Stabilization Fund Goes ShoppingThe SMCCF and its sister have invested $1.496 billion more in corporate bonds.
May 20, 2020
Reasons to Be Wary About the Stock Market RecoverySchwab strategists Jeffrey Kleintop, Liz Ann Sonders and Kathy Jones explain.
May 20, 2020
Fund Flows Turned Positive in April, but Investors Favored SafetyThey favored money market funds above all others, Morningstar reported.
May 19, 2020
Liz Ann Sonders: What the Post-Pandemic World Might Look LikeThe economic recovery will be "Y-shaped," Schwab's chief investment strategist tells ThinkAdvisor.
May 19, 2020
How an Advisor Saved an Energy Exec From a Big Investing MistakeThe fix saved him and his wife from massive losses when COVID-19 hit, Jared Snider of Exencial Wealth Advisors tells ThinkAdvisor.
May 15, 2020
SEC Fines Morningstar $3.5M for Conflict of Interest ViolationsThe firm says it has "enhanced and will further strengthen policies, procedures, and internal controls."