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EQUITIES FEB 12, 2013
Junk-bond sell-off just a blip, managers say

Although the high-yield market might not have changed fundamentally, junk-bond yields have taken a noticeable dive from their peak late last month.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS FEB 12, 2013
'Bleeding Kansas' a worry for muni investors

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS FEB 10, 2013
Wirehouses rethink age-old models

Changes come as Treasuries and other investment-grade fixed-income instruments are yielding near-record lows

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME FEB 05, 2013
What Build America backpedal says about safety of Roth IRAs

Washington looks to wriggle out of promise made just two years ago; can lawmakers keep their hands off?

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES FEB 04, 2013
Add another bull to the pile: Goldman's Gary Cohn

Sees shift to equities from bonds as interest rates rise.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES FEB 04, 2013
Don't write off the 60/40 portfolio just yet: Vanguard

Fund family comes out swinging against balanced portfolio's detractors; bonds still a great hedge

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME FEB 02, 2013
Companies at a crossroads

Despite a lack of corporate earnings growth in 2012, a surge of investor confidence boosted US stocks. But experts at Invesco don't believe that type of market rally is sustainable for the longer term. Looking ahead, we expect the market environment to be tougher in 2013 as companies face a crossroads: continue to hoard cash at the long-term expense of future growth, or reinvest in their business at the shorter-term expense of profit margins?

By Invesco
Fed worried about bond bubble
FIXED INCOME FEB 01, 2013
Fed worried about bond bubble

From farmland to junk bonds, officials concerned after buying binge.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES JAN 29, 2013
A long time coming, but investors finally ready to buy stocks

Bloomberg poll finds nearly two-thirds plan to raise stock holdings over next six months.

By Gregory Crawford
Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?
FIXED INCOME JAN 28, 2013
Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?

Politics trumps logic, basic math in Capitol Hill cat fight

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME JAN 27, 2013
Tomczyk warns about bond route

Says investors will take hit when Fed eases up on easing; 'not defying gravity'

By DJAMIESON
FIXED INCOME JAN 27, 2013
Nuveen muni manager Miller is snapping up debt tied to land projects

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2013
Pimco is losing its equity honcho

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES JAN 25, 2013
Dow hits 14,000 — so where's the great rotation?

Suddenly, stock fund inflows are up. Bond fund inflows are up as well -- this, despite predictions of an imminent route in the debt markets. <i>IN's</i> Jason Kephart offers the low-down on the upswing.

By JKEPHART
Bill Gross: Pimco's investment picks and pans
EQUITIES JAN 24, 2013
Bill Gross: Pimco's investment picks and pans

The Pimco chief gives Pimco's investment picks and pans if growth falls below 2%

By Bill Gross
The danger of more uncertainty in the muni market
FIXED INCOME JAN 23, 2013
The danger of more uncertainty in the muni market

With three more more months of legislative wrangling ahead, investors run the risk of growing indecisive.

By James Colby
Clear of fiscal cliff, munis facing another volatile patch
FIXED INCOME JAN 23, 2013
Clear of fiscal cliff, munis facing another volatile patch

Threat to tax-exempt status 'clear and present danger.'

By Jeff Benjamin
Don't buy the headlines, California still a financial train wreck
FIXED INCOME JAN 20, 2013
Don't buy the headlines, California still a financial train wreck

Balanced budget relies on smoke and mirrors; 'wall of debt'

By Steven Greenhut
EQUITIES JAN 18, 2013
Deal on dividend tax is small victory for investors

By Jeff Benjamin
Forget California: Meet the new poster-child for fiscal irresponsibility
FIXED INCOME JAN 17, 2013
Forget California: Meet the new poster-child for fiscal irresponsibility

Meet America's new poster-child for fiscal irresponsibility

By John Goff