Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Italy's ‘Awful’ Debt Sale Doesn't Ease Crisis
By Marlene Y. SatterItaly managed to sell 10 billion euros ($13.2 billion) worth of sovereign bonds on Friday in an "awful" auction, but thats about the only good thing that can be said about the event, according to experts.
November 14, 2011
EFSF Denies Reports of Own Bond PurchasesAfter a report by Britain's Sunday Telegraph that the European Financial Stability Facility had to resort to buying its own bonds when investors shunned them, the EFSF denied the report.
November 10, 2011
J.P. Morgan Proposes New Model for 401(k) Plans (Reuters)The average 401(k) plan has more than 18 investment options -- but that might not be true for long. J.P. Morgan has proposed a new, simplified plan that asks participants to choose between three different investment "buckets."
November 10, 2011
Europe in Disarray as Contagion SpreadsAs both Italy and Greece fumbled with successor governments, worries over officials failure to find a solution to the debt crisis spread contagion to Italy, where bond yields broke records.
November 03, 2011
Putnam Bets on Capital Preservation in ‘Floating-NAV World’Investors have taken a trillion dollars in assets out of money market funds since the Lehman crisis in 2008 and now Putnam Investments is looking to create a new home for these discouraged investors seeking safety but balking at low yields.
October 27, 2011
Ireland Sees Opportunity in Greek SolutionThe deal brokered by the euro zone nations to save Greece from default has opened a window of opportunity for Ireland in which Dublin may seek relief for its own wounded economy.
October 26, 2011
Balanced-Fund Returns Stable Over TimeAverage returns for funds with an equal mix of stock and bond allocations have historically been statistically equivalent during recessions and expansions, according to a Vanguard report released in early October that focused on balanced funds historical performance from 1926 through June 2009. The reason for this performance record, Vanguard...
October 26, 2011
Most Investors Don’t Know How Bonds Are Priced: Schwab StudyAdvisors want more access to the byzantine world of bond buying, Charles Schwab senior V.P. Peter Crawford tells AdvisorOne, but a study from his firm shows brokerages arent sharing enough information.