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Financial Advisor April 2007 Alan Lavine |
High-Yield Bond Blues? After several years of strong performance, it's questionable whether high-yield or junk bonds will earn their coupons this year. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Marla Brill |
No Homeruns This Year The manager of the Delaware High-Yield Opportunities Fund believes that this year, with concerns about rising interest rates widespread and yield spreads so tight, high-yield bond returns won't measure up to the appetizing levels investors saw in 2003 and 2004. |
Investment Advisor May 2007 Palash R. Ghosh |
Safe, but Sound Intermediate-term bonds are not very exciting, but they do deliver steady gains. One of the top fund performers in this sector is the $1.06 billion Federated Bond Fund. |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Marla Brill |
High Yield, Global Style The recent surge in popularity of high-yield bonds has left Andrew Feltus both encouraged and concerned. |
Financial Advisor December 2003 Marla Brill |
Still Some Upside Left Manager Margaret Patel thinks an economic recovery will help junk bonds. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hard Times for Junk Bonds High-yield bonds' time in the sun may be over. Although junk bonds may produce tempting returns, they should only be introduced strategically, and they should almost never account for a large portion of your investment. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Jason Brady |
A Race for Income Most investors who are searching for income from their investments look at one factor: yield. Is this the right approach? |
Registered Rep. August 29, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Outperforming Muni Bond Funds Can Be Conservative or Aggressive. But You Better Know Your Fund Not all municipal bond fund managers are content to stay in the middle of the field. A few stars have topped the averages by following unusual strategies. |
Investment Advisor March 2007 |
Global Bonds Go Mainstream Foreign bonds can form an important portion of an investor's diversified portfolio since they exhibit such low correlations with both U.S. stocks and U.S. bonds. |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Junk Joy: A High-Yield ETF Should you choose to invest in higher risk, rated-below investment-grade, high-yield bonds, consider a high-yield fund with a more diversified portfolio. |
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
End of the Bond Boom? Bond sales blossomed during the credit crisis, but it may be time for investors to reconsider their passion. |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
The Hidden Danger Inside Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again. The recent flight to safety in the fixed-income markets reveals the distinctions among different types of bonds. |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Sell This Junk? Junk bonds are getting pricey again. |
BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 David Henry |
Bond Funds For Turbulent Times With corporate bonds headed for rough waters, now is the time for a portfolio checkup. |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Bet on a Junk Bond Collapse? ProShares Short High-Yield ETF lets you short the junk bond market. |
Financial Advisor January 2009 Marla Brill |
Working The Bond Market Fund manager Andrew Stenwall says high-yield bonds are likely to outperform. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Steve Watkins |
Junk Is Not Bunk When the Federal Reserve signals an imminent rate rise, the news is traditionally greeted like a general alarm in the high-yield bond markets: "Get out while you can! Run for your lives!" |
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Neil O'Hara |
The Fixed Income Fix How can advisors help clients minimize losses in fixed income portfolios when rates increase? The best answer may surprise you. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Susan Weiner |
Proceed with Caution High-yield bond funds have hit some potholes recently, but don't consign them to the junk heap just yet. |
CFO March 1, 2012 Vincent Ryan |
Junk Isn't Spreads are down and investor interest is up. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
The New Stocks Where can financial planners seek those historic equity market returns without the painful setbacks? One place to start is in the bond market. |
Registered Rep. June 20, 2014 Stan Luxenberg |
Fighting the Bond Bears Forecasters suggest trimming intermediate funds and shifting assets to short-term bonds and cash. But not everyone is swayed by the bond bears. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Buy These Beaten-Down Investments? Junk bonds have fallen, and investors are running scared. What's the smart move? |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
5 Questions Stan and Hildy Richelson, authors of Bonds: The Unbeaten Path to Secure Investment Growth, answer five questions about the recent volatility in the fixed income market. |
Registered Rep. October 4, 2013 Stan Luxenberg |
Getting Yield in Short Duration Bonds Should you shift all your bond allocation to shorter issues? Probably not. Over long periods, intermediate bonds have outdone short-term issues by wide margins. |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Simple Ways to Win With Bonds Put together a great set of investments in just a few steps with exchange traded funds. |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Buy This Junk The high-yield "junk" bond sector of the market has been on fire this year, but you should leave these bonds in the bin. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Is This Junk Worth the Risk? Do high-risk bonds offering high rates belong in your portfolio? |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Home on the Exchange The ETF BGI's iShares Lehman MBS Fixed-Rate Bond Fund, featuring mortgage-back securities, gives investors fixed income with a better yield. |
Financial Advisor October 2009 Eric Rasmussen |
The Ripe Fruit Mellows Corporate bonds offered great opportunity earlier in the year, but now that yields have fallen, investors are rethinking strategy. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Marla Brill |
Clouds Gather Over Junk Bonds Financial advisors doing year-end portfolio tuning should give the high-yield portion of fixed-income investments a little extra scrutiny, and keep a close eye on their positions in 2007. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Roben Farzad |
Are Junk Bonds Too Hot to Handle? An investor stampede on junk bonds has produced returns twice as high as stocks this year. Now the red flags are out. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Paying for Quality With bonds, sometimes it pays to get the best. Investors and mutual funds that are buying lower-quality bonds may find that they would've been better off sticking with Treasuries in the long run. |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Lewis Braham |
Is Your Bond Fund Reliable? Here's help for finding solid bond fund performers. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Can These Investments Keep Flying High? As long as you understand the risks involved, owning corporate bonds either directly or through a bond exchange-traded fund or mutual fund can give you higher yields on your money. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Beth Piskora |
Bonds Away High-yield bonds could be a good investment in 2008, as investors shake off their aversion to risk. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2011 Rich Smith |
Bond Guru Dumps U.S. Debt -- Time to Panic? PIMCO Total Return Fund unloads the last of its U.S. Treasury bonds. |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Are Far From Risk-Free Don't get seduced by bonds. |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Marla Brill |
Squeezing Gains Out Of Bonds In 2005 It's a bond picker's market. Beware of corporate releveraging. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Eric Rasmussen |
After the Storm The fixed-income market's fortunes this year have played out against the drama of the subprime mortgage meltdown, when investment banks and investors realized that a lot of bad debt was sloshing through the market. |
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 |
Junk Bonds: What Now? Former Merrill chief high-yield strategist Martin Fridson on what investors need to know about junk bonds. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Angelina Dance |
S&p Mutual Fund Sector Focus: The Global Itch? With the Federal Reserve continuing to raise short-term interest rates, while longer-term rates inexplicably remain low, some fixed-income investors are seeking alternative vehicles, including global bond funds. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 |
Through Thick and Thin Balanced funds provide investors with diversification within the confines of a single investment vehicle by holding a portfolio of highly uncorrelated asset classes. |
Financial Advisor December 2010 Marla Brill |
A Tamer Route Once the bad boys of the bond market, emerging market debt is now seen as less risky. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Betting on January's Big Winners For investors who dared to venture outside the stock box, January brought some good news. Within long-neglected asset classes, such as the corporate bond market, investors who beat the crowd reaped some healthy rewards. |
Registered Rep. April 5, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
A Bond Bear Market? Not to Worry, Follow Vanguard's Bogle's System Under most scenarios, bonds will deliver modestly positive returns in coming years. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Fund Manager Profile: They're Not Junk Michael Weilheimer, the manager of the high-yield, $2 billion Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston, makes the case for high-yield bonds. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
Finding the Sweet Spot While rising interest rates around the world could spell a tough 2010 for bond investors, fund managers say possibilities for profit remain. |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Marla Brill |
Playing It Safe Consistency and a remarkable lack of surprises have been the hallmarks of this bond fund. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Tim Knepp |
The High Yield Influence The meteoric rise of asset prices seen in 2009 was particularly evident across high yield bonds, and 2010 has witnessed another strong year for this asset class. |