Fixed Income

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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 22, 2013
Pimco's second act: Alternatives?

As debt yields shrink, bond giant looking at other avenues

By JKEPHART
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 21, 2013
Vanguard strategist: Bogle's bond index barb misses the point

Dickson says funds using Barclays Aggregate as benchmark are larding on the corporate debt to hike yields; 'mismatch'

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ETFS APR 21, 2013
BlackRock launches ETFs for fixed-income laddering

Good for advisers seeking ways to help clients protect principal.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 19, 2013
Goldilocks: A credit fairytale?

With interest rates and monetary policy locked in for the near term and fiscal policy uncertainties expected to persist, our top-down 2013 outlook is for a low growth, low inflation economic environment. We believe this "Goldilocks" environment — which is neither "too hot" nor "too cold" — could be credit supportive. A bottom-up reading of the credit environment also supports this view, but the story becomes more of a cautionary tale in which investors need to be more selective about their investment choices.

By Invesco
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 19, 2013
Looking for value in fixed income

IN webcast panel stress need for flexibility in allocations.

By AOSTERLAND
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 16, 2013
Size matters: Gundlach says DoubleLine will cap assets around $100 billion

Star fund manager says he doesn't want to resort to 'shadow markets' like derivatives.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 12, 2013
Fund firms hedging their bets

While not ready to the bond-buying spree, managers are prepping for a shift toward equities

By JKEPHART
Low volatility, dividend-paying ETFs the way to build growth portfolio
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 12, 2013
Low volatility, dividend-paying ETFs the way to build growth portfolio

Alternative ETF strategies beginning to emerge.

By DJAMIESON
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 10, 2013
Fear rising with rates

Bond market sell-off likely a question of when, not if, and investors 'have no idea what's about to happen'

By AOSTERLAND
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 08, 2013
The Takeaway: Health care rallly now at sick levels

By Joshua Brown
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 08, 2013
U.S. stocks have more room to advance

After the best quarter in a year, stock prices have room for more gains but some analysts are looking for earnings power to drive the rally.

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 08, 2013
Kashkari's Pimco exit may be more about performance than politics

Slow growth for equity unit may have hastened his exit, pundits say.

By Randy Diamond
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 07, 2013
Stockton bankruptcy sends chilly message to muni bondholders

Pensioners bump muni bonds from senior debt status

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 07, 2013
Structured notes offer too-good-to-be true returns

Marketing hype makes structured notes sound like a sure thing. Read the fine print and you might come away with a slightly different conclusion.

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 05, 2013
Bad news for Lerner in REIT flap

David Lerner Associates Inc. isn't out of the legal woods despite the stiff sanctions leveled against it last week over the firm's sale of nontraded REITs and municipal bonds.

By Bruce Kelly
Finra hammers David Lerner Associates, suspends 'Poppy'
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2013
Finra hammers David Lerner Associates, suspends 'Poppy'

Finra on Monday lowered the boom on David Lerner Associates and its high-profile CEO.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 04, 2013
SEC says Illinois misled investors over pension funding

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2013
American bullish on bonds

By JKEPHART
American Funds to launch three bond funds in 2013
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 31, 2013
American Funds to launch three bond funds in 2013

American Funds will launch three bond funds in 2013, but the company insists the move is not a reaction to heavy stock outflows.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 28, 2013
American Funds back in the black, boosted by shift to equities

Buoyed by the flood into equities, American Funds finally recorded net positive inflows last month. The question: Where to from here?

By JKEPHART