Fixed Income

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BlackRock rebounds as clients move from cash to fixed income
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 16, 2019
BlackRock rebounds as clients move from cash to fixed income

The world's largest asset manager saw $65 billion in net inflows in Q1.

BlackRock wages secret fee war for junk-debt ETF investors
INVESTING ETFS APR 09, 2019
BlackRock wages secret fee war for junk-debt ETF investors

State Street and DWS Group have also quietly cut fees on high-yield bond ETFs.

Morningstar improving bond fund data reporting
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 04, 2019
Morningstar improving bond fund data reporting

The change could impact how advisers construct fixed-income portfolios for clients.

Beware misreading inverted yield curve
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 25, 2019
Beware misreading inverted yield curve

Pessimism about growth ignores major growth drivers such as solid labor market.

Staying active in a year of volatility
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 21, 2019
Staying active in a year of volatility

Credit markets' ups and downs this year are likely to equal those seen last year, as investors determine the right balance of risk and protection.

Brookfield buys Oaktree to build an alternatives giant
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2019
Brookfield buys Oaktree to build an alternatives giant

The deal produces a combination that can rival Blackstone Group.

Risk-averse investors push advisers to their creative limits
INVESTING RIAS MAR 06, 2019
Risk-averse investors push advisers to their creative limits

Financial advisers get creative to keep their conservative clients from losing ground to inflation.

JPMorgan's $50 billion fund is cutting equities on dovish Fed
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 26, 2019
JPMorgan's $50 billion fund is cutting equities on dovish Fed

Global Income Fund's manager sees junk bonds as a safer way to play the Fed-induced rally.

Philadelphia sues seven banks over 'collusion' in municipal bond deals
INVESTING FIXED INCOME FEB 21, 2019
Philadelphia sues seven banks over 'collusion' in municipal bond deals

Banks including JPMorgan and Bank of America conspired to fix prices on floating-rate municipal bonds, according to suit.

Mortgage ETF is one of the most popular this year
INVESTING ETFS FEB 20, 2019
Mortgage ETF is one of the most popular this year

MBS exchange-traded fund is seeing demand from investors looking for safety and a little more yield.

The only certainty is death, taxes, and muni advantages
INVESTING OPINION FEB 14, 2019
The only certainty is death, taxes, and muni advantages

Readers are flocking to stories on tax-free munis — but why?

Fidelity adds bond, multi-asset choices to model portfolios
INVESTING FIXED INCOME FEB 07, 2019
Fidelity adds bond, multi-asset choices to model portfolios

These are the first models to include exchange-traded funds.

Vanguard defends the value of active bond funds
INVESTING OPINION FEB 06, 2019
Vanguard defends the value of active bond funds

When it comes to fixed income, active management helps investors avoid the inherent biases of bond indexes.

Why muni bond dealers welcome the tax-the-rich push
INVESTING FIXED INCOME FEB 04, 2019
Why muni bond dealers welcome the tax-the-rich push

State and local government bonds tend to outperform when taxes are rising.

Bill Gross retires after four-decade career in bonds
INVESTING FIXED INCOME FEB 04, 2019
Bill Gross retires after four-decade career in bonds

His returns at Janus failed to live up to his stellar long-term record at Pimco.

Bond titan blasts 'misguided' bet that Fed hikes are over
INVESTING FIXED INCOME FEB 01, 2019
Bond titan blasts 'misguided' bet that Fed hikes are over

Franklin Templeton's Sonal Desai sees two more rate hikes this year, citing the U.S. economy's continued strength.

U.S. stocks surge in best rally since March 2009
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 26, 2018
U.S. stocks surge in best rally since March 2009

U.S. stocks staged one of the biggest rallies of the 9 1/2 year bull market after coming within points of seeing it end, with major indexes surging at least 4.9%.

Here are three crazy market statistics on a wild day of trading
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 26, 2018
Here are three crazy market statistics on a wild day of trading

To say that U.S. stocks trading has been odd this week seems like an understatement.

Stocks hit 19-month low as D.C. turmoil weighs
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 24, 2018
Stocks hit 19-month low as D.C. turmoil weighs

U.S. stocks fell to the lowest since May 2017 as the turmoil in Washington kept investors on edge after the worst week for American equities in almost a decade.

Muni market looks to 2019 for infrastructure bill, higher returns
INVESTING FIXED INCOME DEC 21, 2018
Muni market looks to 2019 for infrastructure bill, higher returns

A continued decline in the amount of outstanding state and local government debt should help performance.