Investors are piling into debt securities again while expecting rates to fall.
Gross says investors should be wary of too much leverage.
Pimco sees rising shipping costs as complicating Fed policy.
With high-quality bonds yielding about 5%, locking in today's interest rates makes sense to many advisors.
Fed officials have repeatedly urged there's no rush to cut rates.
Rules being phased in over the next couple of years will alter the market's trading infrastructure.
Regulators publicly warned the industry last year to carefully assess any large exposures to debt on commercial property.
There remains a disconnect between how much easing the market expects and what policymakers consider likely.
Barr also repeated his long-standing view that the US banking sector is sound with “no signs of liquidity problems.”
Muni bonds continue to offer diversification benefits and a portfolio ballast when volatility rises.
The drop in stocks and bonds points to important challenges faced by the Federal Reserve and investors in the months ahead.
The bond investor the earliest the Fed will start cutting rate is in June.
Traders have priced in far fewer Fed rate reductions than they did just a month ago.
The latest inflation report threw cold water on the notion that interest rate cuts could be coming soon.
The core consumer price index increased 0.4% from December, more than expected and the most in eight months.
The new fund will invest across a range of financing strategies and focus on lending to European businesses.
The $95 billion asset manager is broadly positive about high-grade debt but is selling BBB rated bonds.
Tech megacap investors should diversify into fixed-income opportunities, the firm's chief investment officer said.
The pullback underscores how confident investors are that the Fed has brought inflation back under control.
A new survey showed 21% of economists viewed the Fed's monetary policy as "too restrictive."