Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Russia looks to $26 billion pension stash to ease funding crunch
By Andrey BiryukovInternational sanctions have limited borrowing abroad, forcing Russian companies to tap pension funds for assistance.
August 07, 2015
PIMCO’s Latest Woes: The Good, the Bad & the UglyThe SEC is looking at odd lot pricing of non-agency MBS, which is no simple matter, says a Morningstar researcher.
August 06, 2015
Surprise! Fees Not Reason Active Investing Loses vs. PassiveResearchers from S&P Capital IQ and S&P Dow Jones Indices found some surprising data on fees, returns, bear markets and more.
August 05, 2015
The odds of a September rate hike have surged in the last two daysThe chances of an interest-rate increase have leaped fourteen percent in just two days.
July 31, 2015
Icahn, Fink Clash Over Junk BondsInvesting titan Carl Icahn and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink spar over high-yield debt and the ETFs that invest in it.
July 22, 2015
Yellen’s gradual rates path backed by bond-market inflation viewThe benchmark U.S. 10-year note yield fell one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 2.31 percent in New York.
July 14, 2015
CVS raising $15 billion in bond market to finance dealsThe company received about $45 billion in orders for the offering.
July 06, 2015
Good luck finding a place to hide as global markets crumbleInvestors tend to respond to impending doom by selling risky stuff and hiding out in safer assets.