Findings in a report by U.S. Treasury and other agencies could spark debate on Wall Street about whether a series of rules implemented under Dodd-Frank have reduced liquidity in the bond market.
Any market pullback is seen as a buying opportunity.
Fixed income managers cut year-end estimates for Treasuries even as strong economic numbers raise chances of a rate hike this year.
Investors stick with $22.6 billion fund as famed manager calls reason for negative returns temporary phenomenon.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The market bears are getting bolder as they start to come out from a long hibernation, which doesn't really bode well for the bulls.
ETF holds up better than other funds that own riskier, lower-rated debt, which had their worst monthly outflows ever.
If the island can't pay back all of its debts, some fund holders could suffer haircuts.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> An economist says Janet Yellen and the Fed are too chicken to raise rates, but at the same time the FOMC is trying to reassure markets that rate hikes will be slow and deliberate.
Bond manager says most investors have yet to be tested with a long-term downtrend and that's when liquidity will be an issue.
Understanding the impact of the supply-demand behavior is much more critical than ever.
Everyone is talking about the rise in interest rates and suggesting that it is something to be worried about. But think again.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Fixed-income investors are starting to feel the painful realities of bond math.
Douglas Hodge and Daniel Ivascyn highlight Pimco's new areas of focus while speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference.
Douglas S. Swanson will step aside, starting Oct. 1.
Anxiety over a lack of liquidity is skewing fixed-income markets in new and surprising ways.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you've got a really strong stomach, the time looks ripe to buy the fear and jump into Greek equities.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Greece locks down its banks in a desperate attempt to prevent a public panic.
After a disappointing 2014, intermediate-term bond managers have found their footing.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond manager tweets out a nerdy note that only technical analysts understand, but the translation is both bearish and fun.
Fund's biggest position, at nearly 35% of the portfolio, is in mortgage-related securities; government debt cut to 8.5% of assets.
