Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Bondholders Tire of Losing Out When Funding Failed Acquisitions
By Shelly HaganOne of the failed transactions in investors' thoughts is the Aetna-Humana deal.
July 10, 2018
Bill Gross' Slumping Fund Sees $580 Million of Outflows This YearOutflows from the Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, equal to about a quarter of its assets, coincide with the fund's lagging performance.
July 03, 2018
Investment-Grade Bond Investors Brace for Rising Tide of M&ALife insurers have huge corporate bond holdings. All of those jumbo deals are jostling the corporate bond market.
July 03, 2018
U.S. Yield Curve Flattest Since August 2007 as Long Bonds SoarThis is the gap between the 5-year and 30-year Treasury; the spread between the 2-year and 10-year has also shrunk.
July 02, 2018
Don't Expect Active Funds to Outperform in a Bear MarketActively managed funds repeatedly underperform passive ones despite their ability to manage risks, a new S&P Dow Jones study finds.
June 19, 2018
The $3 Trillion Thumb on the Bond-Market ScaleManagers of the huge retirement funds appear to be in the midst of a big shift into bonds.
June 18, 2018
Fidelity Cuts Target Date Fund Fees as Competition Heats UpIn addition to cutting fees on target date funds, Fidelity is adding long-term Treasuries and TIPS as investment options.
June 01, 2018
Vanguard's Asset Growth Is SlowingNet inflows into Vanguard funds had half the grow rate of flows into iShares funds in April, according to Morningstar.