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FIXED INCOME MAR 13, 2011
Advisers big on stocks, survey finds

Financial advisers have had their fill of bonds but have a hunger for stocks, according to the results of a January survey released by The Charles Schwab Corp. last Monday

By Dan Jamieson
FIXED INCOME MAR 13, 2011
Advisers lead Treasury retreat

Financial advisers seem to have implemented Bill Gross' strategy before Bill Gross

By Jeff Benjamin
U.S. in for '20 years of rising interest rates': Loomis Sayles
FIXED INCOME MAR 10, 2011
U.S. in for '20 years of rising interest rates': Loomis Sayles

Firm has cut funds' average bond maturities from 19 years to nine

By John Goff
Bill Gross slashes government debt holdings
FIXED INCOME MAR 09, 2011
Bill Gross slashes government debt holdings

Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., reduced its holdings of government related debt to the lowest level since January 2009 while saying low yields cheat investors.

By Mark Bruno
Gross clears out U.S. debt from flagship fund: Report
FIXED INCOME MAR 08, 2011
Gross clears out U.S. debt from flagship fund: Report

Total Return Fund said to hold no government paper as of the end of February

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME MAR 07, 2011
Taxpayers getting hosed in muni market: Study

Researchers find that issuers shell out $30B in unnecessary costs; pooling suggested

By Dan Jamieson
Who's afraid of inflation wolf? Investors plow into 10-year Treasuries
FIXED INCOME MAR 07, 2011
Who's afraid of inflation wolf? Investors plow into 10-year Treasuries

Uncle Sam's most recent offering of medium-term notes draws surprising interest; 4% yield seen as possible

By John Goff
Illinois bond default looking more remote
FIXED INCOME MAR 07, 2011
Illinois bond default looking more remote

Land of Lincoln prepping new debt issue; yields still lower than government paper from Portugal, though

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME MAR 06, 2011
Bond returns' heady days are over, report says

Bond investors should not expect returns for the next 11 years to be as good as those of the previous 11, and severe drawdowns are possible when inflation is rising, according to the annual Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2010

By Drew Carter
FIXED INCOME MAR 06, 2011
Hedging TIPS inflation bets

Investors flocking to Treasury inflation-protected securities may be in for a rude awakening when interest rates start to rise

By Jeff Benjamin
'Savage bear market' for Treasuries possible: Goldman's O'Neill
FIXED INCOME FEB 28, 2011
'Savage bear market' for Treasuries possible: Goldman's O'Neill

Asset management boss warns that a 1994-style rout could happen -- if Fed changes monetary policy

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME FEB 28, 2011
TIPS at a tipping point? Traders say yes

There has been no better place in the U.S. government bond market since 2008 than in debt that protects against faster inflation

By John Goff
Bondholders getting 'skunked' by Fed: Gross
FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Bondholders getting 'skunked' by Fed: Gross

Bill Gross of Pimco doesn't mince words when it comes to the Federal Reserve's stranglehold on interest rates. According to the bond king's latest report, the Fed's efforts to hold yields at historic lows is 'an abdication of responsibility.'

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Reported probe of munis stirs worry about outflows

Financial advisers are worried that a report saying the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how municipal bond funds price risk in their portfolios may cause investors to rush for the exits — just when things were settling down

By Jessica Toonkel
Pall over muni market slowly lifting
FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Pall over muni market slowly lifting

Withdrawals hit lowest level in two months; $1.2B in outflows in January

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Muni bond issuers are lax about reporting, study shows

The municipal bond market, already under a dark cloud due to rising risk levels, apparently has a pattern of lax financial reporting practices that could further elevate concerns about the market

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES FEB 20, 2011
Taking a different approach to risk management

If nothing else, market conditions over the past few years have proved that most investors tend to overestimate their true risk tolerance wildly

By MFXFeeder
FIXED INCOME FEB 18, 2011
Muni bond issuers: Disclosure? What disclosure?

Study reveals vast majority of municipalities ignore or delay filing required financial reports on debt offerings; lack of manpower blamed

By Jeff Benjamin
Vanguard tweet: No muni market collapse
FIXED INCOME FEB 18, 2011
Vanguard tweet: No muni market collapse

Fund firm relies on social media to dispel doom and gloom, soothe client worries; 'hyperbole'

By Jessica Toonkel
Top muni bond manager: Whitney's call preposterous
FIXED INCOME FEB 18, 2011
Top muni bond manager: Whitney's call preposterous

Meredith Whitney shocked the investment world when she said there would be hundreds of billions of dollars in muni bond defaults this year. Top tax-exempt fund manager Lyle Fitterer has a slightly different take on the situation.

By John Goff