Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Investors Bail Out of Stock Funds
By Staff WriterAug. 28, 2002 -- Faced with continuing market volatility, investors bailed out of stock funds and put money into bond and money funds last month. Domestic...
September 01, 2002
Climbing the LadderMany investors are scrambling to the perceived safety of fixed income in these troubled market times, but bonds have risks of their own. There is...
August 23, 2002
Hancock To Borrow $3 BillionNU Online News Service, Aug. 23, 1:04 p.m. -- John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston, says its John Hancock Life Insurance Company unit will ...
August 19, 2002
Heartland Exits Bond BusinessAug. 16, 2002 -- Heartland Advisors Inc., which saw two of its municipal bond funds put into receivership last year following steep portfolio write-downs, is...
August 19, 2002
Bond ETF Investors Should Consider RiskAug. 16, 2002 -- Though the launch of the first fixed-income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. might provide investors with an attractive new option,...
August 01, 2002
The Subtle ApproachPenny Marchand isn't about to grab a client by the lapels and start waving a Bible in his face; in fact, she says, many of...
July 25, 2002
Investors Abandon Stock FundsJuly 25, 2002 -- After being battered by the turbulent stock market, mutual fund investors decided to take their ball and go home last month. Shareholders...
July 10, 2002
Municipal Bond Funds Hold UpJuly 9, 2002 -- High-quality municipal bond funds are looking attractive these days. As the average U.S. stock fund registered more losses so far this year,...