Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
August Fund Outflows: Worst Since Late ’08
By Janet LevauxOutflows from funds and ETFs were more than $32 billion, the worst since November 2008, according to Morningstar and Strategic Insight.
August 31, 2011
Gundlach’s DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund Exceeds $10 Billion in AUMSuperstar fund manager Jeff Gundlach's DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund has reached $10 billion in AUM just 16 months since the fund launched.
August 30, 2011
EBRI: Target Date Fund Ride Scared Some Out of StocksAbout 80% of the workers who had all 401(k) plan assets in target-date funds during the 2008 stock market crash have kept the assets in the funds, but some have gone to cash.
August 30, 2011
PIMCO’s Gross ‘Crying in His Beer’ on Anti-Treasury BetGross said in an interview, When youre underperforming the index, you go home at night and cry in your beer. Its not fun, but who said this business should be fun. Were too well paid to hang our heads and say boo-hoo.
August 22, 2011
Recession Priced Into Treasuries, as Yields Near Historic LowsInvestors flight to safety into U.S. Treasuries (despite the recent S&P downgrade) has driven yields toward historic lows and has market participants pricing in a recession, say market watchers such as Brent Burns of Asset Dedication.
August 16, 2011
If Volatile Markets Persist, Pension Funds May Flee to BondsIf markets continue to be volatile post S&P's downgrade of U.S. debt to Double-A+, pension funds will attempt to minimize their losses and buy bonds, says Brett Goldstein, president of The Pension Department.
August 09, 2011
S&P Knocks U.S. Debt, Debt Buyers Knock BackDespite a historic downgrade of U.S. government debt Friday, investors still judge treasuries a safe harbor when weathering market turbulence, if Monday’s “flight to quality” is any indication.
August 03, 2011
Bond Selloff Sparks Italy's Plea for Euro Zone HelpItaly looked to the euro zone for political help on Wednesday as its bonds were hammered in the midst of a huge selloff.