Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Mortgage Funds Dodging Subprime Bullet
By Staff WriterAccording to the Mortgage Bankers Assn., an industry trade group, delinquencies in mortgages of all types rose to about 5% in the fourth quarter of 2006, the highest level of late payments since the second quarter of 2003. Actual foreclosures edged up to 1.2%. In the subprime segment of the...
March 01, 2007
Energy, Metal and Ag Funds LaunchedCompared to stocks and bonds, commodities still have a lot of respect to gain as a "standard" asset class, and PowerShares and Deutsche Bank hope...
March 01, 2007
More Energy, Metals, Ag Funds LaunchedCompared to stocks and bonds, commodities still have a lot of respect to gain as a "standard" asset class, and PowerShares and Deutsche Bank hope...
January 04, 2007
It's The Large Caps' Turn To ShineThe mutual funds that get talked about at cocktail parties are usually the small, singular sensations that deliver the sexiest returns. But the bulk of the money still resides in the big-stock funds that have been lagging behind small-company offerings for the past six years.
January 01, 2007
What determines renewal rates?Regulatory financial requirements mean most of the money in a carrier's investment portfolio is in bonds with very little stuck in stocks, real estate or other investments. But a carrier can alter the quality and average maturity of its bond
December 31, 2006
What determines renewal rates?Regulatory financial requirements mean most of the money in a carrier's investment portfolio is in bonds with very little stuck in stocks, real estate or other investments. But a carrier can alter the quality and average maturity of its bond
November 01, 2006
Catching up with...Once, if an advisor wanted corporate bonds for a client there were three choices: buying them directly; in a unit trust; or a mutual fund....