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.
Looking at fund flows, the preference for bonds over stocks is clear. It's a vote on broad economic confidence, inflation and risk tolerance, says Informa's David Ader.
"How can you with confidence apply risk-on or risk-off thematics when data is pretty beige and Washington a massively eye-popping, head-shaking uncertainty?" asks Informa Chief Macro Strategist David Ader.
Even after a selloff last week amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, a Bloomberg Barclays index of global junk bonds still yields 5.3 percent, 100 basis points below the average for the past five years.
Events of the past year including make-or-break elections for the euro have washed over financial markets, suggesting policy, not politics, would be the rally’s undoing.
As a value investor, GAMCO Co-Chief Investment Officer Chris Marangi puts more emphasis on the quality of a company's management and culture. And he sees a future for active management in a choppy or bear market.