The Best of 2014 TimArbaev/iStock/Thinkstock 2014 was the year of the robo-advisor and retirement security, according to Lauren Foster on the CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog. Foster said that looking forward to 2015, two broad themes...

Should stock investors heed smoke signals from the junk bond market?

Something’s afoot with interest rates. At least that’s what option market makers are telling us. Take a look at the expense trend for calls and puts on 10-year Treasury futures. If you compare the volatility assumption embedded in T-note options...

Superstar bond fund managers with many decades of experience may grab headlines regardless of performance, but there’s another generation of younger fund managers coming up in the ranks who are quietly turning in solid results without the hype. ...

While many had already joined the recent exodus of investors from PIMCO funds, some financial advisors said they could see investors pulling more money from the bond shop following the news this morning that Bill Gross would leave PIMCO after 43...

Gross will run the firm's Global Unconstrained Bond Fund

Yields have dropped precipitously in 2014; some more than others.

Flows into and out of Treasury ETFs indicate bonds may soon be overbought.

Investors may want to reconsider exposure to traditional bond risks in today’s markets