Fixed Income Investments can offer a steady stream of income and less risk when compared to stocks. Latest analysis on these investments and the impact to your portfolio.
Easy money and high leverage mean there are a historically large number of corporate bonds teetering on the edge of investment grade. As the credit cycle ends and rates rise, bond investors need to focus on which ones won't fall over the edge.
The more than $90 billion that flowed into U.S. high-yield bond funds in the wake of the financial crisis has flowed back out—and more besides—even though the performance of the asset class is holding up.
The CIO of Legg Mason’s Western Asset Management says that despite the prevalent view, inflation is not rising significantly, and the “reflation trade” has gotten ahead of itself. The best opportunities? Emerging market debt.