Interest rates

The low interest rates pushing down sales across most fixed and variable lines are also boosting certain products.

As the Federal Reserve strives to help the economy, wealth managers’ revenue takes a hit.

Wealthy clients are the fastest growing segment of the company’s retail division.

It’s a dilemma that could reshape the classic investing strategy as the Fed holds rates near zero for the foreseeable future.

Chairman Jerome Powell and other officials have stressed that recovery is highly dependent on the nation’s ability to better control the coronavirus.

The decisions entrench a prolonged decline for prime funds, and could hurt a market that thousands of companies rely on for funding.

Innovator ETFs, an asset manager, will debut its so-called buffer funds at a time when Treasury yields are hovering near historic lows and duration risk climbs.

As anxious as they may be to take advantage of the opportunity, there are pitfalls and hidden costs, advisors warn.

Crush of inflows to money-market funds has come even as the funds’ own yields approach zero.

Even as Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E-Trade attract billions in new assets, company cash yields suffered from Fed cuts.

Total net assets in Michael Hasenstab's Templeton Global Bond Fund slumped to $22.6 billion as of March 31, public filings show.

Lenders have been ringing up investment firms and hedge funds to garner interest in financing to companies in industries upended by the coronavirus.

These retirement vehicles can be less complex and cheaper than alternatives.

The richer they are, the more options clients have to insulate themselves from the coronavirus and its effects.

The Federal Reserve has voted unanimously to cut the interest rate 50 basis points to 1.10% effective March 4, in the first emergency rate cut since 2008.

The SPDR fund saw a one-day exodus of $372 million as the sector struggles amid bets that the Fed will cut rates to mitigate damages from the coronavirus.

While the deadly virus threatens to harm the world economy, the funds have remained popular as the Fed signals low rates for the foreseeable future.

"We seek to finance the government at the least possible cost to taxpayers over time," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

The $6 billion fund saw almost 3 million shares hit the tape after DoubleLine’s CEO touted its potential for retirees in his annual markets webcast.

In what was a stellar year for corporates, governments nearly missed the list entirely.