Treasurys

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.

Wall Street is divided over the world’s biggest debt market as inflation breaks out and debt burdens swell.

The lineup of exclusively short-duration fixed-income products, taxable and municipal, still managed an overall gain.

“Inflation, currently below 2%, is not going to be below 2% in the next few months,” the retired bond king said.

The impact of lockstep moves in bonds and stocks can be seen in sophisticated portfolio strategies such as risk parity, experts say.

“There is an advantage to funding the debt, especially when interest rates are very low, by issuing long-term debt," Janet Yellen said during her Senate confirmation hearing.

A 50% allocation to equities for someone in their 60s still leaves someone with a lot of risk right before retirement, writes Jared Dillian.

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.

While stimulus talks have stalled, better-than-feared economic data and corporate earnings have instilled optimism that a recovery is taking shape.