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FIXED INCOME APR 16, 2012
Gundlach leads way as bond funds boost cash to most since 2008

Mutual funds in the U.S. that focus on bonds have the highest percentage of their assets in cash since 2008, which may temper a rise in yields from about record lows as managers put that money to work.

Gundlach's fast-growing startup sees nearly $6B in inflows in a year
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 16, 2012
Gundlach's fast-growing startup sees nearly $6B in inflows in a year

Despite months of legal wrangling with his former employer, TCW Group Inc., it appears that Jeffrey Gundlach's move to start his own firm is paying off

EQUITIES APR 15, 2012
Advisers eyeball key 1Q earnings to forecast market

EQUITIES APR 15, 2012
Correction projection is 5-7% drop: Doll

FIXED INCOME APR 13, 2012
U.S. muni yields rise fifth day amid signs economy strengthening

U.S. municipal-bond yields rose for a fifth straight day to the highest in more than four months as government reports pointed to a recovery in housing.

FIXED INCOME APR 13, 2012
Volcker Rule could prove to be 'devastating' for munis

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 13, 2012
American Funds is the biggest loser in shift toward passive investments

More than any other mutual fund company, American Funds is bearing the brunt of investors' latest infatuation with passive investing.

U.S. Chamber taking money fund campaign to the street — and below it
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 12, 2012
U.S. Chamber taking money fund campaign to the street — and below it

Staging ad blitz in subway station in D.C. where most SEC employees arrive for work

FIXED INCOME APR 12, 2012
Bond buyers betting on big bounce-back for Treasuries

Time for money funds to buck the buck
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 12, 2012
Time for money funds to buck the buck

Dollar-a-share peg little more than a marketing gimmick that confuses investors; this is not a bank account

Is this the start of the Treasury rout?
FIXED INCOME APR 12, 2012
Is this the start of the Treasury rout?

Government notes headed for steepest decline in one quarter since 2010; Fed rate-raising raised

Money market funds still face contagion risk: SEC's Plaze
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 12, 2012
Money market funds still face contagion risk: SEC's Plaze

“There have been hundreds of money fund bailouts, where the funds would have broken the buck if the manager hadn't stepped in,” said Robert E. Plaze, deputy director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management

SEC to fund firms: Ixnay on the money fund complaints
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 12, 2012
SEC to fund firms: Ixnay on the money fund complaints

Walter wants industry participants to cool the rhetoric, refrain from issuing public statements; 'destructive disengagement'

Pimco readying a pair of muni bond funds
FIXED INCOME APR 12, 2012
Pimco readying a pair of muni bond funds

Investors are plowing cash back into tax-free bonds and Pacific Investment Management Co. is ready to take advantage of investors' renewed enthusiasm.

FIXED INCOME APR 12, 2012
Slumping munis may have hit bottom; buying opportunity?

The highest yields on 30-year U.S. Treasuries since October erased the extra income advantage investors get from similar-maturity municipal bonds to the least in eight months, suggesting an opportunity to buy.

GOB-smacked: Harrisburg to default on general obligation bonds
FIXED INCOME APR 12, 2012
GOB-smacked: Harrisburg to default on general obligation bonds

Marks first non-payment on GOBs by insolvent state capital; 'indication of how severe the problem is'

Fuss to investors: Avoid these fixed-income ETFs
ETFS APR 11, 2012
Fuss to investors: Avoid these fixed-income ETFs

Legendary bond investor not a big fan of market-cap-weighted fixed-income funds; 'who's supposed to go broke here?'

EQUITIES APR 10, 2012
Shilling offers chilling forecast for large caps

Sees S&P 500 plummeting up to 43% this year; recession, here we come

Federated not done shopping for money market funds
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 10, 2012
Federated not done shopping for money market funds

Federated Investors Inc.'s pending acquisition of $5 billion in money market fund assets from Fifth Third Bancorp could be just the beginning of a spending spree.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 10, 2012
Three clouds on fund investors' horizon