bonds

The cost of managing U.S. government debt has seen a significant rise of 25% in the first nine months of the fiscal year, hitting $652 billion and consequently exacerbating the federal deficit. The federal deficit reached a staggering $1.39 trillion for the nine months through June, according to...

The bond market in 2023 has not experienced the rally that many expected at the beginning of the year, following nightmarish performance in 2022 and rising expectations of a Fed policy turn. Yet investor inflows into bond-related ETFs are running hot these days, fueled by bets that the fixed-...

In a Friday appearance on Benzinga’s PreMarket Prep, Cameron Dawson, chief investment officer at New Edge Wealth, provided valuable insights into the state of the bond market and the shifting investor behavior from small-cap stocks toward tech giants. The bond market is being heavily swayed...

Charlie Bilello, Chief Market Strategist at CPI Wealth, pointed out that the famed 60/40 portfolio comprised of U.S. stocks and bonds is currently at a 14-month drawdown. "A 60/40 Portfolio of U.S. stocks/bonds is currently in a 14-month drawdown, 14% below its all-time high," Bilello tweeted. Also...

The low volatility factor is popular in equity investment. Just look at the scores of exchange traded funds that emphasize low volatility stocks. Many of those products are hits with investors, but this factor can also be applied to the fixed income landscape. The IQ S&P High Yield Low...

With U.S. interest rates still low by historical standards and several other marquee developed markets sporting negative sovereign debt yields, fixed income investors are turning to other areas to find yield. The resurgence in emerging markets assets has led some bond investors to higher-yielding...

Why would any investor want bond exposure when stocks continue to rise higher and many dividend payers offer superior yields? CNBC's Jim Cramer has a simple answer: Stocks are intended for capital appreciation, turning "money into more money." On the other hand, bonds are intended...

With the S&P 500 trading within a stone’s throw of all-time highs and Goldman Sachs recently drawing calculated comparisons between leading tech stocks today to those leading the dot-com bubble in 2000, investors are growing increasingly concerned that the stock market may once again be...

Who will take the blame for a global recession? The answer, at least according to famed bond investor Bill Gross is central banks across the world. Gross, head of the $2.1 billion Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, said in a letter to investors that central banks across the world have...

The world's biggest pension fund is now 7.9 trillion yen richer ($70 billion) richer. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund earned a 5.9 percent return for the one-year period ended March 31, Bloomberg reported. The fund now holds 144.9 trillion yen worth of assets, including Japan-...

Many equity investors aren't big fans of holding bonds in their portfolio since some high-growth dividend stocks offer an equally attractive dividend yield with the added potential for upside in the stock. But they may be making a mistake in doing so, CNBC's Jim Cramer argued during his...

Why would anyone buy a 30-year U.S. bond, especially at a time when the "Trump rally" is showing little signs of cooling off? While there are many logical and rational reasons for owning a different asset class than equities, the "Oracle of Omaha" himself Warren Buffett admitted he is "baffled" by...

The Federal Reserve commences its final meeting of 2016 Tuesday, and bond markets are implying an interest rate hike of at least 25 basis points is essentially a foregone conclusion. The Fed has not boosted borrowing costs since December 2015. November was unkind to bonds and fixed-income exchange-...

Among the many corners of the bond market that yield-hungry investors are embracing this year are municipal bonds. The question savvy investors need to be considering right now is whether municipal bonds are inexpensive relative to other fixed income asset classes. Although there has been some...

Many investment pros swear by the concept of diversifying their investments, not only across various sectors but asset classes — especially corporate bonds. Here is how investors can invest directly in corporate bonds. As a reminder, a corporate bond is as its name implies: a bond issued by a...