In bonds, staying cool by acknowledging that boring is better
Returns on Colorado bonds up 5.1% in 2012; economic turnaround the key
Despite dire predictions, it was a very good year for municipal bonds last year. Many analysts are predicting more of the same. One possible hitch: bankruptcy negotiations currently being conducted by several cities could encourage scores of other towns to turn on their bondholders.
Ed Cowart, portfolio co-manager of equity income and value strategies at Eagle Asset Management, the $19.5-billion asset management unit of Raymond James, offers up his thoughts on a few market sectors that are catching his eye.
Pouring funds into global high-yield ETFs; return up more than 10% in the first quarter
A judge yesterday made the decision about who controls the city garages after Stockton missed a $779,935 payment on lease revenue bonds issued in 2004.