Focus on Japan after unexpected stimulus boost, early election call.
Tuesday <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Why the Fed's first interest rate hike could be pushed off even further. Plus: What happens when all asset classes stand still, cutting into timber investments, and a Goldman hedge fund swings and misses on interest rates
Unconstrained bond funds have showed disappointing returns this year; 1.7% year-to-date compared with 5.6% for its benchmark.
On Thursday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: A string of catty comments accompany a Morningstar talk-up of Pimco's outlook. Plus, what municipal bond investors can learn from Detroit and Stockton, avoid getting sucked in by the market's latest winning streak, and much more.
Bond manager announces the news on Twitter
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's all about access at Goldman. Plus: U.S. soldiers sue banks for helping Iran finance attacks in Iraq, adjusting portfolios for a fourth-quarter ride, oil prices are expected to hang low till the next OPEC meeting, and a hats off to companies taking their hats off to veterans today.
Also on Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Janus rides the wave of a Bill Gross effect, bond managers talk their book, IN's deep-dive into bond fund assets shifts, some oil stocks are worth buying on the dips, and happy birthday to the United States Marine Corps.
Fidelity's active management heft and huge product-distribution capacity now extend to a corner dominated by Pimco as it launches actively managed bond ETFs.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> sees Pimco CEO Douglas Hodge downplay Bill Gross' exit, big-money players identifying a stock market entry point, JPMorgan's huge data breach, and more.
With interest rates near historic lows and signs pointing to a new Fed tightening cycle, the movement of money sparked by Bill Gross' exit from Pimco might be the start of a major bond transition. <b><i>(Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20141109/BONDKINGS">See our full report on the new bond kings</a>)</b></i>
The chief investment officer overseeing Janus' bond business adjusting to the added attention on the firm.
Barring something unforeseen, global risk will remain tamped down
October jobless data become the focus amid solid earnings.
Recent investigations of Pimco's Total Return Bond ETF and church bonds highlight the need to investigate an investment's truest price.
Nuveen's Bob Doll says while the big GOP victory on Tuesday is not a game changer, energy, medical device, defense company stocks could win.
Facing outflows amid increasing trend toward passive management, firm says some fixed income managers can meaningfully add to returns
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> on hedge funds owning $16 billion in Puerto Rican muni bond debt, the scary similarities between advisers and psychics, why deep-water drilling looks like a bargain, and more.
<I>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Quicker rate hike ahead? Plus: Top Republicans set agenda; greed, fear and fund flows; family offices riding growth of ultrawealthy; Schwab says its robo is no threat; and eating well after work.
Investors weighed prospects for economic growth and corporate earnings to help gauge the pace of the recovery.
