Fixed Income

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EQUITIES SEP 03, 2013
The Takeaway: It doesn't get any better than this for stocks. Or does it?

By Joshua Brown
ALTERNATIVES SEP 01, 2013
BDC baby bonds gain in popularity

By MFXFeeder
FIXED INCOME SEP 01, 2013
Ignorance is not bliss

Sooner or later, there is going to be a bloodletting in the bond market and it's up to advisers to make sure their clients don't get caught in the middle of it. Now.

By MFXFeeder
FIXED INCOME AUG 29, 2013
Bond yields show selloff peaking until rates rise

As the U.S. bond market suffers its worst rout since 2009, the gauge that historically signals more pain for fixed-income investors is instead suggesting yields are near their peak.

By Matt Ackermann
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 29, 2013
Rising rates hurt bonds? That's news to investors

Advisers will have their work cut out for them when rates start rising.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES AUG 29, 2013
Glitch shuts trading in stocks, options on Nasdaq

Trouble with data feed that sends stock quotes cited.

By Gregory Crawford
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 29, 2013
BlackRock joins hunt for the white whale of retirement income

Giant money manager files for approval a set of bond funds with target date maturities.

By Darla Mercado
FIXED INCOME AUG 27, 2013
Bond funds lose $30.3 billion in August

A vicious circle of losses and redemptions as the bond binge unwinds could get nasty.

By Matt Ackermann
Nontraded BDC sales on a tear despite closing of first fund
ALTERNATIVES AUG 27, 2013
Nontraded BDC sales on a tear despite closing of first fund

Despite the recent closing of the largest business development company, BDCs are suddenly raking in the cash from advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES AUG 25, 2013
As uncertainty intensifies, money moves to cash

Investors are running for cover ahead of what is expected to be a hectic fall. Jason Kephart explains.

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME AUG 23, 2013
Take Five: Keep clients in the dark at your own peril, Robert Isbitts says

Advisers should be warning clients about rising rates, he contends

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES AUG 23, 2013
Stocks climb wall of worry

Stocks posted their first gain in three weeks even as talk about the end to the Federal Reserve's easy money policy rattled investors. What's ahead?

By Gregory Crawford
FIXED INCOME AUG 23, 2013
Rising rates a problem for bonds? That's news to investors

Most investors don't understand the connection between rising interest rates and their portfolios. As sad as that may be, it's also a golden opportunity for advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME AUG 21, 2013
State Street CEO adds voice to worry over investors' fixed income holdings

Hooley says retail investors risk being on 'wrong side of the equation' when rates climb.

By Gregory Crawford
FIXED INCOME AUG 21, 2013
El-Erian and Bair: Fed left in charge of economy amid political wrangling

Central bank has few levers to pull and QE's unintended consequences could sting.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES AUG 21, 2013
The Takeaway: Muppet portfolios

By Joshua Brown
FIXED INCOME AUG 21, 2013
Junk bond junkies are going short (term)

Fund companies moving to meet demand for short-term high-yield-bond funds.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES AUG 21, 2013
Investors continue to prefer equity to bond funds, ICI data show

But fixed-income outflows slow to $2.09B for week ended Aug. 7

By Michael Shagrin
FIXED INCOME AUG 21, 2013
Bond hubris overwhelms Fed in riskiest credit-market sectors

Bond investors trying to determine when the Fed will reduce its unprecedented monetary stimulus are increasingly looking to the riskiest parts of the debt market, which are booming like before the financial crisis.

By Matt Ackermann
EQUITIES AUG 21, 2013
The Takeaway: Prepare thyself for the bond wars!

By Joshua Brown