Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Boomers lead movement into bonds
By Danielle AndrusInvestors could be setting themselves up for heartbreak though. John Lonski, a Moody's economist, told the Journal that investors' need to put cash in safe...
January 01, 2010
PIMCO Adds Treasury ETFsThe PIMCO 3-7 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund (FIVZ) and the PIMCO25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Fund (ZROZ) were launched in November by...
December 17, 2009
Target date funds overweight junk bondsMore bad news about target-date funds. That market grew to $311 billion last year, thanks in part to employers including them in automatic enrollment options...
December 10, 2009
Bond Yield Rebound Aid PensionsLarge U.S. defined benefit pension plans are now looking a little healthier than they did a year ago.
December 01, 2009
T. Rowe Price Reports Inflows; Bonds, Blended Funds PopularThe T. Rowe Price Group says it had net revenues of $498.1 million and net income of $132.9 million in the third quarter of...
November 11, 2009
Surety Insurers Oppose H.R. 3962Surety bond insurers are up in arms over a section of H.R. 3962, the House health bill, that would affect Medicare durable equipment providers.
November 01, 2009
Bonds Keep MomentumAnalysts are scratching their heads. "It's hard to believe that three months ago we looked upon the bond funds world with amazement because the average taxable...
November 01, 2009
Insurance Update: Bonds. Death Bonds.September's financial news seemed more suitable for Halloween, with headlines about the "macabre" subject of "death bonds" cropping up everywhere from mainstream media to the...