Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Corporate Bond ETF Takes In Record $1.1 Billion in One Day
By Alastair MarshIt happened last Thursday for the The iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).
June 13, 2016
Green Bonds: A Surging Market for Socially Responsible InvestingThe green bond market could double in size this year, boosted by issuance from China and U.S. corporations like Apple.
June 13, 2016
Most Expensive Bond Market in History Has Come Unhinged. Or Not.Global yields are lowest since at least 1871, says Jack Malvey; term premiums in U.S., Japan, Germany and U.K. turn negative.
June 09, 2016
Gross Says Negative Rates Will Explode Like a ‘Supernova’Global yields are lowest in 500 years, says head of Janus Unconstrained Fund, which has returned 3.2% in 2016.
June 08, 2016
Despite Strong Muni Market, GO Munis Turn Risky: BlackRockThe muni bond market is now questioning the willingness and ability of some issuers to make payments on general obligation bonds: BlackRock's Peter Hayes.
June 03, 2016
Bill Gross: Historic 40-Year Stock and Bond Run Is OverTo say that Janus bond fund manager Bill Gross is negative on the financial markets would be a major understatement.
May 31, 2016
More in debt than Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands rejects rescueChallenges include pension obligations and the U.S. funding formulas for Medicare and Medicaid.
May 31, 2016
More in debt than Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands rejects rescueChallenges include pension obligations and the U.S. funding formulas for Medicare and Medicaid.