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.
Single-Stock Futures: Looking Back on Unrealistic Expectations
By Staff WriterNEEDHAM, Mass. (HedgeWorld.com)--Fixed-return options may fulfill some of the promises once optimistically attributed to single-stock futures, according to a recent research report from TowerGroup. Senior analyst Matthew B. Bienfang began his report with the observation that the American Stock Exchange has proposed the listing of fixed-return options, products that already...
August 04, 2004
Pru Benefits From AcquisitionsNU Online News Service, Aug. 4, 2004, 4:59 p.m. EDTAcquisitions fueled an increase in second-quarter profits at Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J.[@@]The insurer is ...
August 03, 2004
Principal Reports Lower 2Q Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Aug. 3, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EDTInvestment losses contributed to a drop in second-quarter profits at Principal Financial Group Inc., Des ...
August 01, 2004
On Being ExceptionalIt was Alexis DeTocqueville who coined the phrase "American exceptionalism" after traveling the young United States in the early 1830s. There were a number of...
July 30, 2004
N.Y. Life To Acquire Pareto Fixed-Income UnitNU Online News Service, July 30, 2004, 1:23 p.m. EDTA unit of New York Life Insurance Company has agreed to acquire a fixed-income asset ...
July 29, 2004
U.S. Individual Income Falls 5.1%NU Online News Service, July 29, 2004, 1:32 a.m. EDTTotal U.S. adjusted gross individual income fell 5.1% between 2000 and 2002, to $6 trillion.[@@]Income ...
July 29, 2004
Benefits Unit Outshines Sisters At Jefferson-PilotNU Online News Service, July 29, 2004, 6:32 p.m. EDTThe employee benefits unit was the start at Jefferson-Pilot Corp., Greensboro, N.C., during the second ...
July 29, 2004
SOX Cuts Clark ProfitsNU Online News Service, July 29, 2004, 5:12 p.m. EDTThe new federal financial reporting rules took a bite out of profits at Clark Inc., ...