When it comes to municipal bond defaults, investors need to be careful about a few specific types of bonds. For most other munis, problems can be neutralized with good old-fashioned research and diversification.
Arrangement puts underwriter on retail par with other major firms
Although the run-up in emerging-markets debt may seem a little long in the tooth, a good case can still be made for purchasing these bonds.
After warning that deficit spending could force inflation higher, Warren E. Buffett shortened the duration of bonds held by his Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Bond giant, others say central bank set to embark on 'QE2' -- a second round of quantitative easing. The result? Yields will sink to Eisenhower-era levels
The party's almost over for the raucous debt markets, predicts Mark Gilbert. And the endgame is going to leave bond investors with a doozie of a headache.
Settlement of N.J. suit seen as opening salvo in crackdown on lax disclosure; 'harbinger'
The Securities and Exchange Commission's warning to The Charles Schwab Corp. that it could face civil charges over two fixed-income mutual funds may have a direct effect on current and looming legal actions from investors over losses suffered in the funds.
Janus Capital Group Inc. wants a bigger share of the red-hot bond market.
Lion's share of states see gains in overall collections; Harrisburg, Pa. default called 'an anomaly'
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC and TCW Group Inc. are investing in bonds guaranteed by aircraft as U.S. airlines hold back from adding seats to protect profitability, preserving the value of their planes.
Pimco's Bill Gross, who's been touting the virtues of fixed-income investments for nearly forty years, is now talking up stocks. Why is that?
Bill Gross is managing director and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC.
A New York financial adviser pleaded guilty to rigging bids for investments sold to local governments, the fifth person to admit participating in an industrywide conspiracy to profit at taxpayers' expense.
Buyers of government bonds beware. Efforts by central banks to stimulate the global economy are distorting bond and currency prices and causing potential economic dislocation, according to Matthew McLennan, a portfolio manager for the First Eagle family of funds.
A weak economy, dropping stock market and low interest rates are bringing a strong boom to the weakest-rated fixed-income sector — high yield — giving investors top relative returns.
The second quarter opened up with high hopes and generally positive expectations for the remainder of the year. As noted last quarter, there was a wide variety of opinions on the strength of the recovery but a strong majority believed a recovery was in fact under way.
