Bond Funds
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By Staff WriterIf there's anything in the economy about which to be optimistic Gary Shilling, the Springfield, New Jersey-based economist and advisor, thinks it's the de-leveraging of...
February 01, 2010
Bond Demand GrowsAfter vacuuming around $42 billion over the past 12-months, it's been a good year for managers of bond ETFs. The credit market is slowly returning...
January 05, 2010
Municipal InsecuritiesWith U.S. tax receipts, income tax collections and sales tax revenues down, many investors are worried about the fiscal health of municipal issuers at the state and local levels.
January 01, 2010
PIMCO Adds Treasury ETFsThe PIMCO 3-7 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund (FIVZ) and the PIMCO25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Fund (ZROZ) were launched in November by...
December 17, 2009
Target date funds overweight junk bondsMore bad news about target-date funds. That market grew to $311 billion last year, thanks in part to employers including them in automatic enrollment options...
December 10, 2009
Bond Yield Rebound Aid PensionsLarge U.S. defined benefit pension plans are now looking a little healthier than they did a year ago.
December 01, 2009
T. Rowe Price Reports Inflows; Bonds, Blended Funds PopularThe T. Rowe Price Group says it had net revenues of $498.1 million and net income of $132.9 million in the third quarter of...
November 11, 2009
Surety Insurers Oppose H.R. 3962Surety bond insurers are up in arms over a section of H.R. 3962, the House health bill, that would affect Medicare durable equipment providers.