Fixed income

This basketball analogy can help you explain how portfolio diversification works across multiple asset classes.

Outstanding options riding the world’s most heavily traded government debt product are near the highest level this year.

The math wizards of the investment world are hoping to disrupt the established giants of the trillion-dollar credit market.

The firm is snapping up five- and 10-year notes as it predicts slowing inflation and trade tensions will push the Fed to lower its benchmark 75 basis points.

Many relatively straightforward products have boosted their holdings of lower-rated bonds and emerging markets to juice returns.

Real estate, communications, utilities and consumer staples funds have seen the most appetite, with every other sector experiencing outflows.

Defined-maturity funds offer traditional fixed-income interest payments.

There is growing disquiet among those who run and invest in the products about potential problems that might be caused by rate cuts from the Fed.

Markets have been whipsawed by mounting concern over softer economic data and President Trump’s trade wars with major partners.

Geopolitical risk, dovish central banks and an aging business cycle are reinforcing bullish moorings in global debt.

There's a lot to navigate when it comes to assuring clients that the benefits outweigh the headaches.

More than 25% of the products were sold with shorter or static maturities in the first quarter, compared with only 10% for the same period last year.

Worries over weak U.S. data, the impact of President Trump’s multi-front trade war and the interest rate outlook has whipsawed investors in recent weeks.

Why? Three other competitors have an astounding 95.8% of market share.

Advisors have a dizzying number of ways to answer. Over a five-year period. Over 30 years. Compared to a certain sample portfolio. Which should you choose?

Since making the decision to join Jeffrey Gundlach at DoubleLine, Luz Padilla now oversees a 16-person team with nearly $9 billion in AUM.

The last time SPY saw inflows of this magnitude U.S. stocks were on the cusp of a bear market in late 2018.

Still, some products with higher yields also have higher Sharpe ratios. Could that indicate better risk-adjusted performance?