Their name is an oxymoron, but high-quality junk bonds themselves make a lot of sense in the fixed-income space right now.
It's only a modest boost in the emergency lending rate. But the Fed's small hike in the discount rate speaks volumes about the big picture.
iShares today launched a suite of municipal bond exchange-traded funds with a planned end date. The feature allows investors to obtain targeted exposure to the municipal yield curve.
Jeffrey Gundlach said his “inappropriate termination” by TCW Asset Management will simply give him and his mortgage-backed securities team an opportunity to create an even stronger investment organization to serve investors
The catastrophe bond market is poised for an active fourth quarter as several factors combine to boost the insurance-linked-securities sector, according to experts and observers
In November 2008, many investors believed we were on the edge of financial disaster. Panic was sweeping Wall Street and Main Street. The global economy was in disarray. Now, a little more than a year later, stock market values have rebounded sharply, frozen credit markets are now flowing more freely, and there is greater liquidity in the financial -system.
Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. last week introduced a $75 million catastrophe bond that covers extreme mortality risks.
Legendary investor Benjamin Graham wrote in <i>The Intelligent Investor</i> that the proportion of an investor's portfolio held in bonds should never be less than 25% or more than 75%.
Rising taxes and puny money fund rates are leading investors to revisit the public-debt sector
Higher-quality high-yield corporate bonds are getting more attractive on a fundamental basis, according to Sabur Moini, manager of the $695 million Payden High Income Fund.
RS Investments, a San Francisco-based investment management firm, launched three new fixed-income funds today to offer retail investors and financial advisers more options in a shifting economic scene.
Treasury prices rose Monday as investors jumped back into the market, seizing on attractive prices following big declines at the end of last week.
MBIA Inc. said on Monday that its asset management unit will function as a separate operating company, a move that sent shares of the bond insurer higher in midday trading.
In the “new normal” of slower economic growth and lower investment returns, Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC's Bill Gross is himself buying steady, dividend- paying stocks.
State insurance regulators yesterday voted in favor of using a new method to evaluate residential mortgage-backed securities that would allow them to reduce the capital requirements related to these investments.
Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. today issued a $150 million natural-catastrophe bond using the capital markets to protect itself from natural disasters.
Interest rates on six-month Treasurys hit their lowest level on record and three-month bills their lowest point in 11 months in Monday's auction of T-bills.
MBIA Insurance Corp. will reinsure a $184 billion portfolio of bonds previously backed by the troubled Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
John Brown told Bloomberg that the insurer would either divide its guarantee business into two entities or raise capital.
