Forecasting a solid rally after a bad first quarter; recent tailspin 'was not fully justified'
Prospects for return on equities compared to debt 'as good as they have been in a generation'
Largest six-month hike in pay since 2007; 'people are feeling better'
The Pimco Total Return ETF is getting a new ticker symbol April 4.
Louis Freeh, a former FBI director and MF Global trustee, said he would not recommend bonuses for the three executives who stayed on at the company to help unwind the complex transactions between and among the firm's entities.
After being dead wrong for years, bond bears are feeling more confident going into the weekend. The Treasury market sold off big this week, taking the benchmark 10-year yield up 26 basis points to 2.29%, a four-month high.
Municipal high yields, thus far in 2012, continue to be priced at attractive spreads of 399 basis points, or 127 basis points above the long-term average of the past 16 years between the two Indices.
Income-seeking investors should take solace in a trend toward rising dividend payouts in 2012, according to Alex Crooke, manager of the $1.2 billion Henderson Global Equity Income Fund.
Morningstar issues warning about 'staggering' inflows into taxable debt funds
'The rules have been changed here,' says Pimco debt guru
The new money ended three straight months of redemptions for Total Return fund: Morningstar
World faces the prospect of a 'vicious circle' of deflation: Soros
Defaults in the $3.7 trillion municipal-bond market this year will again prove Meredith Whitney wrong.
Former head of GSAM says U.S. debt the worst best over the next three years
iShares S&P National AMT-Free Bond Fund records largest loss since 2008; 'extremely overvalued'
S&P lowers outlook on tax-exempt bonds that financed construction of Citi Field; off-field drama could sap attendance
