Bond giant, others say central bank set to embark on 'QE2' -- a second round of quantitative easing. The result? Yields will sink to Eisenhower-era levels
The party's almost over for the raucous debt markets, predicts Mark Gilbert. And the endgame is going to leave bond investors with a doozie of a headache.
Settlement of N.J. suit seen as opening salvo in crackdown on lax disclosure; 'harbinger'
The Securities and Exchange Commission's warning to The Charles Schwab Corp. that it could face civil charges over two fixed-income mutual funds may have a direct effect on current and looming legal actions from investors over losses suffered in the funds.
Janus Capital Group Inc. wants a bigger share of the red-hot bond market.
Lion's share of states see gains in overall collections; Harrisburg, Pa. default called 'an anomaly'
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC and TCW Group Inc. are investing in bonds guaranteed by aircraft as U.S. airlines hold back from adding seats to protect profitability, preserving the value of their planes.
Pimco's Bill Gross, who's been touting the virtues of fixed-income investments for nearly forty years, is now talking up stocks. Why is that?
Bill Gross is managing director and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC.
A New York financial adviser pleaded guilty to rigging bids for investments sold to local governments, the fifth person to admit participating in an industrywide conspiracy to profit at taxpayers' expense.
Buyers of government bonds beware. Efforts by central banks to stimulate the global economy are distorting bond and currency prices and causing potential economic dislocation, according to Matthew McLennan, a portfolio manager for the First Eagle family of funds.
A weak economy, dropping stock market and low interest rates are bringing a strong boom to the weakest-rated fixed-income sector — high yield — giving investors top relative returns.
The second quarter opened up with high hopes and generally positive expectations for the remainder of the year. As noted last quarter, there was a wide variety of opinions on the strength of the recovery but a strong majority believed a recovery was in fact under way.
What are the key distinctions in choosing individual bonds or bond funds for fixed income allocations?
Once again, disappointing economic data caused stock markets to sag last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.6% to 11,952, the S&P 500 Index declining 2.2% to 1,271 and the Nasdaq Composite dropping 3.3% to 2,644. Investors also witnessed a rebound in the US dollar, a rally in bonds and a rise in oil prices.
Rebecca Parrett, who bilked Pimco and others out of $3 billion, had been on the lam since March 2009. Yesterday, she was arrested in a Mexican resort. Said a U.S. Marshal: 'For somebody who was on the run, it was pretty good.'
A federal judge has upheld a $1.47 million arbitration award given last fall to former NBA star Horace Grant for losses he sustained on investments in failed Regions Morgan Keegan Select bond funds.
