Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
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By Staff WriterBarclays Global Investors announced that its iShares S&P California Municipal Bond and New York Municipal Bond funds, each a subset of the S&P National Municipal...
October 01, 2007
Shift Made to Asia, Cash as Volatility ReignsAs equity and bond fund groups geared to developed markets had net outflows in the week ending September 5, emerging markets in Asia and elsewhere...
October 01, 2007
Morningstar Ratings Change Celebrate 5 YearsRussel Kinnel, Morningstar's director of mutual fund research and editor of Morningstar FundInvestor, says the investment-research provider made an important change five years ago that's...
October 01, 2007
Shopping the Bond MarketIt didn't seem this lunch was going to happen. Tom Ricketts, president and CEO of Incapital, was taking a morning flight from Chicago, where the private...
September 01, 2007
Diamonds Among The JunkHigh-yield bonds--those fixed income securities rated below investment grade--have some advantages over more vanilla-type bond products. High yield or "junk" bonds offer higher interest rates...
September 01, 2007
Interest Rate RefresherThe various components are: Real Interest Rate is the compensation, over and above inflation, that lenders demand to lend their money. Inflation is by...
September 01, 2007
Some More TIPSAmong those clients who may be particularly interested in this type of strategy are: Existing or prospective municipal bond owners at risk of losing...