Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
March 01, 2016
New Benchmark: ICEA group of widely held U.S. Treasury bond ETFs from Blackrock is switching benchmarks.The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY), iShares 3-7 Year Treasury…
March 01, 2016
Investors Seeking Safety, Index Funds in Early ’16Morningstar's latest fund flows report shows passive funds continuing to trample active products. Overall, in the first month of 2016, passive funds attracted…
February 12, 2016
A Crowdfunded ‘Social Bond’ Goes GlobalThrough its special structure, the MBU Capital Social Bond, which funds community projects in the U.K., is open to investors worldwide.
February 01, 2016
A ‘Big Short’ Lesson About Bond LiquidityRisk analysis can benefit from tuning out the crowd.
January 29, 2016
Puerto Rico Electric Renews Debt Restructuring AgreementThe contract will be extended to Feb. 16 to enable the utility to cut its debt and create a new customer surcharge.
January 28, 2016
Carbon bubble may wipe $2.5 billion out of Polish pension fundsThe loss would negatively impact pension assets owned by ING Groep NV, Aviva Plc, PZU SA, MetLife Inc. and AXA SA.
January 26, 2016
Best Fund Managers of 2015: MorningstarMorningstar picked its Fund Managers of the Year from domestic stock, international stock, fixed income, allocation and alternatives funds.
January 14, 2016
Gundlach: Why Q1 could be 'really ugly''This is a preserving-money, not a making-money, environment right now,' the DoubleLine CEO said.
January 13, 2016
Gundlach: Why Q1 Could Be ‘Really Ugly’This is a preserving-money, not a making-money, environment right now, the DoubleLine CEO said in his 2016 outlook.
January 12, 2016
Gundlach Called Oil and Junk in 2015. What Will He Predict for 2016?Heres a sampling of Gundlachs forecasts made on Jan. 13, 2015, and how they fared.