Pimco's Total Return Fund moves to a negative holding in government debt; largest allocation in cash
Southwest Securities Inc. will pay $500,000 to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. claims that the firm violated Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board rules by using paid consultants to solicit business
Pacific Investment Management Co. hasn't seen redemptions from Asia investors following last week's earthquake in Japan, Chief Executive Officer Mohamed El-Erian said.
Southwest Securities Inc., the Dallas-based brokerage fined this month over payments to municipal-bond advisers, will pay $650,000 to resolve claims over improper short sales that caused a $6.3 million loss for the firm.
Financial advisers have had their fill of bonds but have a hunger for stocks, according to the results of a January survey released by The Charles Schwab Corp. last Monday
Financial advisers seem to have implemented Bill Gross' strategy before Bill Gross
Firm has cut funds' average bond maturities from 19 years to nine
Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., reduced its holdings of government related debt to the lowest level since January 2009 while saying low yields cheat investors.
Total Return Fund said to hold no government paper as of the end of February
Researchers find that issuers shell out $30B in unnecessary costs; pooling suggested
Uncle Sam's most recent offering of medium-term notes draws surprising interest; 4% yield seen as possible
Land of Lincoln prepping new debt issue; yields still lower than government paper from Portugal, though
Bond investors should not expect returns for the next 11 years to be as good as those of the previous 11, and severe drawdowns are possible when inflation is rising, according to the annual Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2010
Investors flocking to Treasury inflation-protected securities may be in for a rude awakening when interest rates start to rise
Asset management boss warns that a 1994-style rout could happen -- if Fed changes monetary policy
There has been no better place in the U.S. government bond market since 2008 than in debt that protects against faster inflation
Bill Gross of Pimco doesn't mince words when it comes to the Federal Reserve's stranglehold on interest rates. According to the bond king's latest report, the Fed's efforts to hold yields at historic lows is 'an abdication of responsibility.'
Financial advisers are worried that a report saying the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how municipal bond funds price risk in their portfolios may cause investors to rush for the exits — just when things were settling down
Withdrawals hit lowest level in two months; $1.2B in outflows in January
The municipal bond market, already under a dark cloud due to rising risk levels, apparently has a pattern of lax financial reporting practices that could further elevate concerns about the market
