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Regulator warns of interest-rate risk retail investors take with low-coupon munis
MSRB study shows retail investors purchase more 3%-3.5% coupon bonds, institutional buy 5%
Are negative interest rates always unhealthy?
A $100 billion fund manager challenges traditional views on monetary policy.
Cash comes into focus as interest rates continue ascent
Yields on money market funds, short-term CDs and other cash accounts have risen as the Fed continues to raise interest rates, and this has big implications for advisers.
Fed seen speeding up rate hikes
Economists now expect four Fed hikes this year, as government spending package lifts growth and inflation.
U.S. interest rates will rise soon – perhaps rapidly: Alan Greenspan
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan forecast that interest rates will begin rising soon, perhaps rapidly. “I cannot…
Janet Yellen says central bankers should ‘proceed cautiously’ in raising interest rates
Federal Reserve chairwoman cites heightened risks in the global economy as cause for caution
Once unheard of, negative interest rates emerge as a viable Fed tool
Savers and retirees would suffer the most
Navigating the global fixed-income waters when interest rates are rising
Opportunities in municipal bonds: Potential opportunities to achieve high income over the long term if liquidity from other fixed-income investments dries up.
