Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Mutual Fund Outflows Continue
By Bob KeaneSlight gains for bonds can't make up for equity drops
March 03, 2009
Mutual fund assets decline through JanuaryPosting more than $2 trillion less in January this year than the same month in 2008, total net assets for mutual funds continued their decline,...
March 01, 2009
Vanguard Adds Bond-Index FundVanguard says it has introduced a new broad-market bond index fund for use by Vanguard funds, including Vanguard's 11 Target Retirement and four Life Strategy...
February 25, 2009
New Bond ETF LaunchedState Street Global Advisors has just introduced the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate-Term Credit Bond ETF (ITR).
February 18, 2009
Ask the expert: reallocation and the variable annuity fixed accountWhy do variable annuity companies limit the amounts that policyowners can reallocate funds to and from the guaranteed fixed interest account in their VAs? This article answers that question.
February 17, 2009
Ask the expert: reallocation and the variable annuity fixed accountWhy do variable annuity companies limit the amounts that policyowners can reallocate funds to and from the guaranteed fixed interest account in their VAs? This article answers that question.
January 29, 2009
Barclays' Launches Two International Treasury Bond FundsBarclays Global Investors has launched the iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund and the iShares S&P/Citigroup 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond Fund.