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EQUITIES MAY 03, 2013
April jobs report speeds ticking of bond bomb

Pickup in hiring, drop in jobless rate pushes stocks to record high ground — and Treasuries down.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES MAY 03, 2013
The Takeaway: Dow 15,000, the hard way

By Joshua Brown
ETFS MAY 03, 2013
Bond bomb survival guide

New investment strategies that are intended to thrive in a rising-rate environment are fast emerging

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME APR 29, 2013
Muni exemption could hurt taxpayers

By By Daniel S. Solender
EQUITIES APR 26, 2013
7 tweets that moved markets

The fake AP tweet wasn't the only time tweets have moved markets. Just ask IN blogger Josh Brown, who's included on this list.

By Gregory Crawford
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 23, 2013
Be leery of 'bondlike' claims of investment products

With clients desperately searching for yield, advisers need to be leery of the marketing claims associated with some fixed-income products, warns Bruce Kelly.

By Bruce Kelly
FIXED INCOME APR 23, 2013
Take Five: Muni mavin Ronald Bernardi on the tremors from Stockton

Trader says bankrupcty will likely shake up tax-exempt landscape in California

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 22, 2013
Is 2013 a 2008 moment for bond investors?

Bond investors are going through something they've never experienced before: Their fixed-income portfolios are getting whacked. Many are fleeing — and may not come back for a long long time.

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME APR 22, 2013
Investors head for the exits, yank record amount of cash from bond funds

Led by Pimco's Total Return, funds lose $60B in June as rate rise spooks investors.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES APR 22, 2013
If you like volatility, this market is for you

Fed's Lacker, an opponent of more stimulus, says expect more price swings amid taper debate.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES APR 22, 2013
The market freak-out: A Fed-inspired buying opportunity

Redundant comments from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke trigger a silly selloff. Jeff Benjamin says to call the aftermath a Fed-inspired buying opportunity.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 22, 2013
Stocks, bonds in rally mode ahead of Fed meeting on rates

Investors seek clues to end of easing; markets anticipating the tapering

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME APR 22, 2013
Jobs report has bond market on pins and needles

The ever-important jobs report has bond investors on pins and needles as they seek any glimpse of the Fed's rate policy.

By AOSTERLAND
FIXED INCOME APR 22, 2013
Treasury bond sell-off is now a buying opportunity

Investors over-shoot by over-reading Fed's tea leaves.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME APR 22, 2013
Nowhere to hide in bonds

Silver lining in month-long jump in rates? That could be it for now.

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME APR 22, 2013
Fidelity: Bond fears overblown

Rates are rising but there's no big catalyst to drive big losses.

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

As debt yields shrink, bond giant looking at other avenues

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

Good for advisers seeking ways to help clients protect principal.

By Jeff Benjamin
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