Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
IN BRIEF
By Janet LevauxPioneer Investments has introduced a closed-end fund that gives investors exposure to catastrophe bonds or "cat bonds." Cats are issued by insurers to help spread...
May 27, 2007
Surety Bond Requirement Might Not Be Problem It's Perceived To BeWhile much has been made over a potential requirement that life settlement brokers and providers obtain a $250,000 surety bond in the proposed update to ...
May 01, 2007
Safe, but SoundIntermediate-term bonds are not very exciting, but they do deliver steady gains. They represent a conservative fixed income investment strategy--typically carrying an average maturity of...
May 01, 2007
Not Your Grandfather's BondsAs droves of Americans get ready to ride the retirement wave, the preservation of their principal and the creation of a safe and secure income...
April 25, 2007
Mortgage Funds Dodging Subprime BulletAccording to the Mortgage Bankers Assn., an industry trade group, delinquencies in mortgages of all types rose to about 5% in the fourth quarter of 2006, the highest level of late payments since the second quarter of 2003. Actual foreclosures edged up to 1.2%. In the subprime segment of the...
March 26, 2007
A Tax-Free Approach to InvestingFor tax-exempt income, consider muni bond funds. Standard & Poor's advocates diversity, especially in terms of asset class. To that end, we recommend a portfolio of...
March 01, 2007
March 2007Charles Schwab has launched Schwab Advisor Portfolio, a way for advisors who work with Schwab Institutional and TPAs to customize the investment choices, including Schwab's...
March 01, 2007
Energy, Metal and Ag Funds LaunchedCompared to stocks and bonds, commodities still have a lot of respect to gain as a "standard" asset class, and PowerShares and Deutsche Bank hope...