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Neena Mishra: With the “safer” US fixed income instruments such as Treasury bonds and high-grade corporate bonds yielding meager returns, many income oriented investors now prefer Read more…
Matt Tucker: Last month, iShares introduced (BATS:CEMB), which gives investors exposure to emerging market corporate debt. Since the fund’s launch we’ve fielded some questions from clients wondering why the yield on CEMB is close to the yield on another Read more…
One question on many investors’ minds right now is how to beat inflation. U.S. Treasuries and certificates of deposit obviously can’t cut it right now… There’s a simple reason investors are flocking to the dividend market – savers don’t want to Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Investors often have a home country bias when it comes to their fixed income portfolios, which means they are generally too reliant on domestic issues. Today, however, there are a number of reasons why investors should consider Read more…
Russ Koesterich: In today’s low yield environment, fixed income investors face a stark choice: accept lower income or take on additional risk to generate incremental yield. Read more…
Michael Johnston: iShares continued its introduction of ETFs targeting high yielding asset classes with the debut of two more funds on the BATS Exchange this week. The Global HighYield Corporate Bond Read more…
Karen Schenone: Ever wonder how to use all the fixed income ETFs out there? We have a tool for that! Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Investors’ confidence has taken a serious beating over the past few months as debt drama on both sides of the Atlantic ocean has paved the way for volatile price action across financial markets Read more…
Stocks dropped for a third consecutive session yesterday, on mixed trade. All five major indices closed near session lows. High beta stocks once again led the decline. Leading the decline were the S&P MidCap 400 and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ), as both slid 1.6%. The small-cap Russell 2000 Read more…
Michael Johnston: After a record-setting October gave investors hope that 2011 would finish on a strong note, the first couple weeks of November have effectively taken any wind out of those sails. The culprit–surprise, surprise–has been the cash-strapped PIIGS economies of Europe, with Italy now grabbing Read more…
Matt Tucker: The US dollar is rallying and you own a bond or a bond ETF. Quick – what effect will this rally have on your bond’s payouts? Read more…
Todd Shriber: I’m willing to bet if you been following financial markets for the past year or two, you’re acutely aware that investing in U.S.-government bonds really isn’t worth the trouble. I’m not going to bore you with all the tired scare tactics that we’ve been seeing all too much lately. You know what I mean. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Equity markets have taken investors for a wild ride over the past three months with chaotic trading dominating virtually every nook and corner of Wall Street. Amidst the volatility, investors have been seeking out refuge and fleeing to “safer” asset classes; although rational, this approach inevitability Read more…
Scott Martin: The rate at which international investors allocate their money to U.S. assets surged in August, and there are signs that that dislocation remains a factor in global markets. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: While emerging markets are not without their share of macroeconomic problems, they are not experiencing the same sovereign debt problems as their developed market neighbors. In fact, the world’s sovereign debt problems are centered in developed markets such as Europe, the United Read more…
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