Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Worries Peak on Puerto Rico Utilities Debt After New Bankruptcy Law
By Michelle Kaske, BloombergAfter debt-restructuring bills passage, bondholders watch to see if the commonwealth's electric utility will make Tuesday payment; two fund companies sue to declare law unconstitutional.
June 23, 2014
What DC Plan Sponsors Want: Education, and Some Personal AttentionMarket Strategies International has released a survey explaining DC plan sponsors priorities when it comes to choosing a recordkeeper.
June 19, 2014
Sunglasses-Wearing Bill Gross Says He’s a ‘Cool Dude,’ Forecasts 3%-5% ReturnPIMCOs Gross speaks of The Manchurian Candidate and the press, says Total Return fund is outperforming, and waxes on New Neutral of real Fed rates.
June 16, 2014
PIMCO Outflows Hit $26.5 Billion for 2014 as Vanguard ShinesInvestors pulled some $4.3 billion from the PIMCO Total Return Fund in May alone as taxable bond funds attracted $9.6 billion, Morningstar reports.
June 11, 2014
Gundlach: Likes Bonds, Not HomebuildersDoubleLine founder Jeffrey Gundlach prognosticates on gold, the dollar, bonds and more and expands on a view he says gets him "hate mail."
June 04, 2014
Public Pensions Hiding Trillions in Liabilities, SEC Commissioner SaysLax governmental accounting standards that have allowed systemic underfunding of public pensions would amount to fraud in the private sector, SEC's Daniel Gallagher.
May 30, 2014
How Behavioral Finance Can Help Bond InvestorsThe principles of behavioral finance have been applied extensively to the equity markets, but what about the fixed income market?
May 16, 2014
PIMCO Funds Bled $5.5 Billion in April: MorningstarIn contrast, Vanguard attracted $10.1 billion last month, Morningstar reported.