Fixed Income
News and analysis of fixed income markets including the key factors affecting performance such as interest rates, Federal Reserve policy and the state of the economy.
How the Fed's Expanded Support Can Help the Muni Market
By Bernice NapachAnalysts warn, however, that downgrades and negative outlooks could nevertheless increase.
April 22, 2020
The 2020 IA25: Jeffrey GundlachThe head of DoubleLine Capital gives his views on the economy and industry trends in light of the coronavirus.
April 20, 2020
Economic and Market Recoveries Are a Long Way Off: EconomistsBoth depend on effective treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19, J.P. Morgan's David Kelly and others say.
April 20, 2020
Fund Outflows in March Topped Outflows in October 2008Morningstar's latest fund flows report shows investors favored money market funds over all others.
April 17, 2020
Vanguard Abruptly Closes Treasury Money Market Fund to New InvestorsIt made the move to preempt further declines in the fund's yield.
April 16, 2020
How Fed Intervention Has Saved, but Distorted, the Bond MarketStrategists weigh in on the challenges created for investors.
April 13, 2020
What Shape Will the Economic Recovery Take?Hint: unlikely a V or L, and maybe not even a U, according to Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics.
April 09, 2020
'No Limit' to What the Fed Can Do: Chairman PowellThat is, as long as it complies with Dodd-Frank, he says.