Fidelity today launched four new muni bond funds. So what? Well, these tax-exempt offerings actually mimic target date funds. In theory, this new breed of muni fund should lower interest-rate risk.
CUSIP Global Services expects a surge in municipal-bond issuance over the next 30 days to 90 days and a global slowdown in the sale of corporate debt because of “market anxiety.”
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, selected Steven J. Goulart as chief investment officer to oversee a portfolio valued at more than $450 billion.
Fund manager generating solid returns with minimal exposure to interest rate risk; plenty of turnover
Analyst claims she didn't say what she seemed to have said when she said it on national television
Investors were more like bridesmaids than brides in June. Stocks, bonds and commodities all fell, marking the first monthly decline for all three since 2009.
I'm going to one-up Mark Twain in the quantity department and spin two yarns about jumping frogs, one which has been frequently told, the other not so much.
Pimco, Brandywine and GAM will co-manage firm's new flexible bond fund
With puny yields, charges can eat up to a year's worth of coupon income
Investors in U.S. Treasuries are being lulled into a false sense of security by positive returns this year because yields aren't high enough relative to inflation, according to Bill Gross.
Leery of Treasurys? Agency debt and bank loan ETFs can make for good alternatives
Bond giant big on junk bonds from Indonesia; 'improving credit story'
Utah plans to sell $635M in general-obligation bonds; 'demand for high-quality paper'
Wall Street is cranking out zero coupon-bonds as fast as they can create them. And why not? Thirty-year strips returned 9.5% in the first quarter.
There were 316,812 buy trades placed in the retail-municipal-bond market last month, according to data from BondDesk Trading LLC
Fidelity Investments is marrying the concepts of target date portfolios and municipal-bond investing
Possible deal between states and cigarette makers will stabilize debt offerings securitized by smokes; 'a little more predictability'
