Silver futures fell, heading for the biggest three-day drop since 2008,
and gold also retreated amid a report Soros Fund Management LLC sold
precious-metal assets.
U.S. banks are retreating to the safety of Treasuries with the
economy expanding slower than forecast and loan demand dormant.
Surging investor withdrawals have forced mutual-fund managers to sell in a falling market.
by Daniel S. Choquette
This Putnam manager thinks there is little risk of the United States losing its AAA rating
status even with political gridlock over the next several quarters.
by Bruce W. Fraser
Many advisors think the criticism and fear of the municipal bond market is overblown.
by Jeffrey L. Stouffer
Predictions abound that the 30-year bull market for bonds has ended. Bill
Gross of Pimco announced he has no exposure to
government securities...
The world's biggest bond dealers dispute Bill Gross's
assertion that the $9.13 trillion market for U.S. Treasuries offers
little value.
by Don Schreiber Jr.
Many advisors use a systematic withdrawal plan from growth funds to provide income for retired clients. That approach fails during bear markets...
More money than ever is flowing to mutual funds that
buy both stocks and bonds, a sign that individuals are starting to
return to equities during the most volatile bull market since at least...
by Matthew Lettinga
Why heightened concerns in the municipal bond market may be exaggerated.
Two market crashes in a decade haven't helped bear-market mutual funds
avoid the distinction of worst-performing strategy. The only exception:
Bill Gross.
Mutual fund companies looking to attract investor dollars are betting the magic words today are "absolute return."
The odds are five out of six, or about 83%, that interest rates will
rise, albeit with breaks and intervals, for the next 20 years,
according to Loomis Sayles vice chairman Dan Fuss...
by Tom Kostigen
Buried deep within this year's fiscal federal budget is a $100 million
line item that may be the best bridge between public and private
investing ever invented.
Peter Kraus has worked for more than two years to stem client defections
from AllianceBernstein LP, but the withdrawal rate was highest for any publicly traded U.S. mutual fund manager.
by
Eric Rasmussen
Will global unrest stop emerging market bonds from emerging?
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.
