Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
April 03, 2020
Fed Helped Bond Market Stabilize: Penn Mutual AnalystMark Heppenstall has a chart showing liqudity pressure was climbing toward Great Recession levels.
March 23, 2020
Fed Opens Floodgates as Investors Flee to CashThe Fed said it would buy investment-grade securities through ETFs, an unprecedented move.
March 19, 2020
Investors Fled to Bonds in February: MorningstarThe stock market started its dive in late February. Here's where the money went.
March 19, 2020
White House Mulls New 50-, 25-Year Bonds to Finance StimulusTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, although initially skeptical, is now more willing to do it.
March 05, 2020
Half of Active U.S. Stock Funds Beat Their Passive Rivals in 2019Morningstar reports that small-cap funds enjoyed the biggest one-year rebound.
March 03, 2020
Vanguard Announces Dramatic Changes to Managed Payout FundThe fund, which failed to gain much in assets, is replacing monthly payouts with an annual distribution.
February 25, 2020
FINRA Arbitrator Orders Santander to Pay Elderly Widow $50KThe firm made unsuitable, risky investments in Puerto Rican bonds on behalf of a 90-year-old woman, an arbitrator said.
February 07, 2020
Ex-Ameriprise Rep Sentenced to 11 Years Over Ponzi SchemeThe broker met with two of her victims and told them to lie to the FBI, according to prosecutors.
January 24, 2020
How Climate Change Will Alter the Muni MarketThis year could be the turning point for pricing in extreme weather events.
January 17, 2020
Bond Fund Inflows Trounced U.S. Equities in 2019: MorningstarMorningstar's wrap-up of 2019's winners and losers in net investment flows shows some changing appetites.