by Marla Brill
Larry Keele manages this Vanguard convertible fund using a conservative strategy that usually leads to outperformance in down-to-sideways stock markets.
Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment
Management Co., said Treasuries "have little value" because of the
growing U.S. debt burden.
by
Evan Simonoff
There doesn't have to be a wave of defaults to trigger a big sell-off.
by
Evan Simonoff
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that the absence of an entity like
the Resolution Trust Corp. is hindering a recovery in U.S. real estate
markets.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Warren Buffett says investors should avoid long-term fixed-income
bets in U.S. dollars because the currency's purchasing power will
decline.
by
Karen DeMasters
What should a client do if she retires right before a severe market slide, turning any previous planning topsy-turvy?
by Dan Moisand
Rather than looking at withdrawal rates, this professor assessed the annual rate at which someone would need to save over 30 years so she doesn't run out of money in retirement.
Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment
Management Co., eliminated government-related debt from his flagship
fund.
The money managers who picked the global stock market bottom say now is
no time to sell as the biggest equity rally since 1955 starts its third
year.
Some countries in the euro region may have their credit ratings cut
further while a Greece debt default is a "possibility," said an S&P managing director of European sovereign ratings.
U.S. municipal-bond investors can expect about $100 billion of defaults
over the next five years, according to a consulting firm co-founded by
economist Nouriel Roubini.
Fed Chairman Bernanke didn't rule out expanding the
central bank's asset purchases aimed at stimulating the economy, saying
he doesn't want to see the U.S. relapse into a recession.
by
Investment managers are bullish on equities and emerging markets for the
coming year, but are less in agreement on how bonds will perform,
according to a recent survey.
These managers believe small-cap emerging market stocks may outpace their developed market counterparts by a healthy margin.
by
Karen DeMasters
More financial advisors are worried their clients will not be able to
generate enough income to get through retirement than are the clients
themselves, says a survey of nearly 1,300 advisors.
Investors withdrew about $974 million from U.S. municipal-bond mutual
funds last week, the 14th-straight period of withdrawals, according to
Lipper US Fund Flows.
by
Karen DeMasters
The first wave of baby boomers is hitting the retirement beach with investments worth less than four years ago and may be
hurting themselves by retreating too far into conservative
investments.
by Dan Moisand
Many retirees count on such investments to support them, but the truth is the income from them can vary, sometimes dramatically.
The quality of commercial mortgages being packaged into bonds is
declining as sales in that market soar, a Standard & Poor's analyst
said at a securitization industry conference.
Structured notes offer investors the chance to make
elaborate bets on the markets. But the funds' marketing
materials aren't much help in figuring out the odds of winning.
