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Fidelity adds bond, multi-asset choices to model portfolios
February 7, 2019
Fidelity has expanded its model portfolio offering by adding a portfolio for bond income and one for multi-asset income. The additions are the first models offered by Fidelity that include exchange-traded funds, along with active and passive...
Vanguard defends the value of active bond funds
February 6, 2019
Quick — what's the first word you associate with Vanguard Group Inc., the $5.1 trillion investing giant? Perhaps it's "indexing" or "passive," referring to some of the asset manager's largest fund offerings, such as its $577 billion Vanguard...
Why muni bond dealers welcome the tax-the-rich push
February 4, 2019
Politics aside, one corner of Wall Street is likely welcoming Democrats' talk of raising taxes on the rich. Higher rates tend to be a good thing for the $3.8 trillion state and local government bond market, a haven for investors looking for...
Bill Gross retires after four-decade career in bonds
February 4, 2019
Bill Gross, who reigned for decades as the Bond King at Pacific Investment Management Co., is retiring more than four years after jumping to Janus Henderson Group from the fixed-income giant he co-founded. "I've had a wonderful ride for over...
Bond titan blasts 'misguided' bet that Fed hikes are over
February 1, 2019
A investor responsible for $150 billion worth of debt warned markets are getting ahead of themselves with big bets that the Federal Reserve is taking an extended pause in raising interest rates. "The market's assumption that the Fed will not...
Bull market's dividend ride comes back to earth
January 22, 2019
For Lode Devlaminck, it was the turning point — the moment corporate titans and their shareholders had to pay for the excesses of the credit cycle. In October, Anheuser-Busch InBev halved its dividend after the world's largest brewer confronted...
Gundlach warns U.S. economy is floating on 'ocean of debt'
January 14, 2019
Jeffrey Gundlach said yet again that the U.S. economy is gorging on debt. Echoing many of the themes from his annual "Just Markets" webcast Tuesday, Mr. Gundlach took part in a roundtable of 10 of Wall Street's smartest investors for Barron's....
Bill Gross' bond fund suffers $60 million in December redemptions
January 14, 2019
Investors keep pulling money from Bill Gross' bond fund. The Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund suffered about $60 million of redemptions in December, according to Bloomberg estimates. The outflows lowered the fund's assets to $950.4...
Vanguard recommends investors increase non-U.S. holdings to 40%
January 11, 2019
Investors should put about 40% of their portfolios in non-U.S. stocks and bonds to diversify their holdings, according to top executives at Vanguard Group, the fund giant that manages $4.9 trillion. Global stock markets are likely to outperform...
Dash for cash may be starting to reverse as stocks recover
January 10, 2019
Ten days into January, there are signs that investors' appetite for cash, which surged last quarter, is easing, suggesting the stabilization in equities is starting to erode demand for safer investments. Investors pulled a record $745 million...
Gundlach criticizes buy-the-dip mentality
January 9, 2019
Jeffrey Gundlach is worried that investors are getting suckered into buying the dip in stocks, high-yield bonds and leveraged loans. In his annual "Just Markets" webcast Tuesday, DoubleLine Capital's chief investment officer sounded off on a...
Half of BlackRock clients plan to cut equity exposure this year
January 7, 2019
Customers of the world's biggest money manager say they will reduce allocation to equities amid rising concerns about a downturn in global growth. That's the message from BlackRock Inc's annual survey of 230 institutional clients who own $7...
Bonds: 2019 outlook in investing
January 5, 2019
The bond market is embarking on another year of Federal Reserve watching. After raising rates four times in 2018, the Fed is currently projecting just two moves this year. Many economists are calling for slower economic growth, but it's not...
Rotten day on Wall Street, as Apple woes send stocks plunging
January 3, 2019
U.S. stocks sank after a factory gauge dropped the most in a decade and Apple cut its sales outlook, adding to concern that global growth is slowing. Treasuries rallied and the yen strengthened. The S&P 500 Index tumbled 2.5% for its steepest...
U.S. stocks surge in best rally since March 2009
December 26, 2018
U.S. stocks staged one of the biggest rallies of the 9 1/2 year bull market after coming within points of seeing it end, with major indexes surging at least 4.9 percent. Crude jumped almost 10 percent. All but one member of the S&P 500 finished...
Here are three crazy market statistics on a wild day of trading
December 26, 2018
To say that U.S. stocks trading has been odd this week seems like an understatement. All three major U.S. indexes gained at least 4 percent on Wednesday. That's the first time that's happened since 2011. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and...
Stocks hit 19-month low as D.C. turmoil weighs
December 24, 2018
U.S. stocks fell to the lowest since May 2017 as the turmoil in Washington kept investors on edge after the worst week for American equities in almost a decade. Crude sank below $45 a barrel and the dollar tumbled. The S&P 500 slid for a fourth...
Bonds are pulling portfolios into negative territory, not stocks
December 5, 2018
The stock market's 3% drop Tuesday provides the latest proof that volatility is back. But the recent gyrations in major stock market indexes doesn't tell the full story of what's happening inside client portfolios. While marquee benchmarks like...
Fear dictates ETF flows
November 30, 2018
From stocks to bonds to factor funds, safety was the name of the game for ETF investors in November. In a month dominated by midterm elections, trade tussles, Federal Reserve talk and concerns about slower growth, the message was clear: Steer...
Worst day of an awful year leaves no part of market unscathed
November 20, 2018
One of the financial markets' toughest years in half a century got appreciably worse Tuesday, with simmering weakness across assets boiling over to leave investors with virtually nowhere to hide. Stocks buckled for a second day, sending the...
