The capital markets continually set traps for the unwary, and it is financial advisers' responsibility to help their clients avoid them.
Charles Schwab Corp. said it agreed to pay an additional $35 million to settle claims that the online brokerage misled investors who owned its Schwab YieldPlus Fund.
Patrick Galley, manager of the $350 million RiverNorth Core Opportunity Fund Ticker:(RNCOX) sees opportunities in select closed-end funds, particularly as investors in general sit too cautiously on the sidelines.
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig said the U.S. economic recovery has the momentum to sustain itself and called for an increase in the target federal funds rate to 1 percent by the end of the summer.
To pry shellshocked investors out of their cash positions, several big fund companies are nudging investors into the next least-conservative position: short-term-bond funds.
Longer-term Treasurys rose after the government sold $42 billion of two-year notes at the lowest yield on record as concern Europe's debt crisis is spreading boosted the refuge appeal of U.S. securities.
Rush to less-risky investments gores equity specialists and actively managed ETFs
Economists would likely agree that the bond market rally is the market's rational response to current (albeit heavily government-influenced) reality. But there's a disturbing signal ahead.
Warren Buffett shortened the duration of bonds held by his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. after warning that deficit spending could force inflation higher.
Low-inflation has investors flocking to U.S. Treasurys, despite sky-high deficits: U.S. the 'least dirty shirt' says Pimco's Gross
The SEC's announcement last week that it is launching an investigation of the municipal bond market is aimed at increasing transparency and weeding out conflicts of interest.
As the market for taxable munis expands, many advisors and investors are rethinking their approach to municipal bonds.
Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Mohamed El-Erian and Loomis Sayles & Co.'s Dan Fuss said the European debt crisis may spread across the globe because of investor concern that governments have borrowed too much to revive their economies.
The Treasury market is trading in a narrow range Thursday as investors balance European debt concerns with signs of an improving U.S. economy.
Build America Bonds were introduced in April 2009 to create jobs and to help municipalities offset borrowing costs with a 35 percent direct subsidy from the U.S. Treasury.
Morgan Keegan fallout? The securities regulator warns B-Ds that bonds in funds cannot be considered 'rated' unless a third-party actually does the rating
The following is an investment strategy column by Jeffrey D. Saut, managing director at Raymond James & Associates Inc.
Financial advisers with clients in California are increasingly recommending a cutback in exposure to the Golden State's tax-exempt bonds.
