Advisers could help clients by considering an increased allocation to floating-rate bonds.
With any luck, by the time the market re-opens Monday, the stunningly weak report will be fully absorbed and diluted along with a weekend full of marshmallow bunnies, chocolate eggs and whatever other news develops. But don't bet on it.
SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White said reforms would “fundamentally change” funds. She was right.
This year, the regulator says it will explore risks associated with increasingly popular alternative investments designed to generate high yields amid low interest rates “as investors are more dependent than ever on their own investments for retirement.”
Bill Gross' bet that the dollar's rally won't continue helps his fund post 2.4% returns in the past month.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The data show companies are hiring, but virtually everything else in the economy is falling.
The risk-management tool is a Catch-22 for fixed income investors who need to think big picture.
Simple ways to remove the currency risk are available but advisers need to find &mdash; and understand &mdash; them.
Scott Mather and team buying government-backed bonds, boosting mortgage allocation to 30% from 20% before Bond King's exit.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The first quarter ends with a thud, and now everybody can start worrying about a rate hike.
Convertible income fund timed for a rising rate environment.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Do-it-yourself bond traders have become much more than just a nagging headache for Wall Street's big boys.
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, Wall Street wannabees sweat over the results of the December CFA test. Plus: Obama turns tail on 529 tax plan, Gundlach dishes on his own bad trades, and chicken wings might be the best Super Bowl investment.
Attractive yields aside, real estate investments wrapped in a mutual fund are not bonds.
The question shouldn't be when will the central bank raise rates, it should be whether it's beginning a long march to higher rates
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: HSBC thinks the strong dollar is poised to run out of steam, though it might just be wishful thinking.
The value of tax-free income has gone up but investors should avoid high-grade bonds on the short to intermediate part of the yield curve.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: It's important to understand the scary downside of an extremely strong U.S. dollar.
$44.6 billion DoubleLine Total Return Fund manager says central bank should hold off on raising rates; gives a nod toward gold, India equities and shorting the dollar.
Blame oil for the reversal of fortune that caught investors off guard.
