Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Sovereign Debt ETNs Debut
By Ron DeLeggeDeutsche Bank and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management have launched six ETNs linked to foreign sovereign bond futures. These will be the first ETNs…
April 13, 2011
Strategic Insight, Morningstar Report Slower U.S. Stock Fund Inflows in MarchStrategic Insight and Morningstar both reported a slowing of inflows into U.S. stock mutual funds in March as demand grew for international equity funds and taxable bond funds.
April 10, 2011
February Yields Mostly Positive Results for Closed-End FundsThe RiverNorth Closed-End Fund Index’s best performing asset class in February was Convertible Bonds, returning 7.23%, driven by 3.7% discount narrowing.
April 01, 2011
First-Quarter Review: Equities Show Solid Gains, Bonds Have Mixed Results: Searching for Alpha for April 2011Little differentiation between the returns in growth and value stocks, but munis stage a comeback.
April 01, 2011
Portugal Bond Auction Buys TimePortugal held a snap auction of bonds on Friday to help it fund its second quarter. But while demand was strong, yields continued to rise, presenting a bleak outlook as Lisbon attempts to avoid the need to seek a bailout package.
March 31, 2011
Advisor listening skills: Stop doing these thingsListening is the most important skill you need to network. Through listening you build a bond of trust, and you gather information
March 31, 2011
Coping with call reluctance (part 2)Last month we broached the topic of call reluctance and aversion, the anxiety many salespeople experience in making cold calls to try to find new business.
March 15, 2011
Morningstar Says ETF Assets Topped $1 Trillion in FebruaryETF inflows rose for the sixth month in a row in February, reaching $6.8 billion, and mutual fund flows fell slightly, hitting $27.9 billion, Morningstar reported.