Fixed income

If a client's time frame is zero to around 36 months, CDs and T-bills are attractive investments even without their current elevated returns.

On Friday, June 2, millions of Americans are due a total of $25 billion worth of Social Security payments. And more than anything else, that may prove a decisive element in forcing an end to the partisan standoff over raising the federal debt limit.

In today's interconnected economy, is there any way to hedge your bets? The experts weigh in.

A young New Yorker has invested in both American and international index funds. How much should he put into each?

Even though there's not a way to predict who might face the next wave of layoffs, advisors can help clients prepare their finances.

A new Morningstar report says that tax benefits outstrip the appeal of creating and owning a bespoke basket of stocks.

Taxable bond exchange-traded funds have drawn floods of cash ever since two banks collapsed in March and deepened fears of an economic downturn.

The stalwart allocation has a logic to it, but its simplicity hides two significant problems.

Two porcine pals, two investment styles, two very different outcomes.

Last year was a disaster for bonds (and stocks), but some fixed-income U.S. ETFs that focus on exotic assets or use complex strategies have had a truly horrible decade.