Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Spain Should Solve Its Own Problems: German Bank Chief
By Marlene Y. SatterJens Weidmann, a policymaker at the European Central Bank and head of Germany's Bundesbank, said Spain should look upon its rising bond yields as a signal that it needs to fix its own problems and not look to the ECB for help via bond purchases.
April 13, 2012
ECB Will Buy Bonds, Not Make Loans: EconomistsThe ECB is more likely to resume buying up sovereign bonds than it is to make any more cheap long-term loans, according to a poll of economists.
April 12, 2012
Study: Net Inflows into Stocks and Bond Funds Decline 71% in MarchStrategic Insight reports that U.S. mutual fund investors "cautiously" funneled an estimated $13 billion in net inflows into stock and bond funds during March 2012 (open-end and closed-end mutual funds, excluding ETFs and funds underlying variable annuities).
April 12, 2012
Study: Net Inflows into Stocks and Bond Funds Decline 71% in MarchStrategic Insight reports that U.S. mutual fund investors "cautiously" funneled an estimated $13 billion in net inflows into stock and bond funds during March 2012 (open-end and closed-end mutual funds, excluding ETFs and funds underlying variable annuities).
April 11, 2012
Japan Avoids Spanish BondsAs yields continued to rise on Spanish sovereign debt, Japanese investors said they were not tempted by the increases and added that such investments were in too much danger from the continuing debt crisis.
April 09, 2012
Record Bond Buys by Foreigners OK: S. KoreaDespite the fact that it experienced record capital outflows in 2008, South Korea has no plans to halt record purchases of its bonds by foreign investors, and will also sell 30-year bonds that are aimed at investors from outside the country.
April 05, 2012
Pain in Spain May Bring No Economic Gain: News AnalysisBill Gross put Spain's failed bond auction in perspective: Greece was a zit, Portugal is a boil, Spain is a tumor. You cant fix a debt crisis with austerity and more debt.
April 05, 2012
French Bond Sale SuccessfulParis placed sovereign debt in an amount close to the top of its range, and while the yield on 10-year debt was a bit higher, the 30-year bond yield dropped.