Michalowsk also said the fixed-income market has already pushed down long-term Treasury yields, which would be the goal of any further QE.
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However, if rates do indeed hold near record-low levels, investors in search of yield in the fixed-income market might benefit from taking a look at nontraditional credits as Holtz suggests.
Bond prices fell after the report, but that could be a positive sign, indicating investors were looking for better returns from a growing economy than they could get in the fixed-income market.
It certainly makes one question the folks who are advising her, even considering the fact that these days many Generation-Y members have their retirement money parked in super-safe money-market funds and supposedly safe fixed-income instruments, despite a 30-year or greater investment time horizon.
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Aside from the Treasury bond market, fixed-income investors are scared out of their skulls.
Forbes columnist and fixed-income expert Richard Lehmann has beaten the market with his bond portfolios in six of the last seven years.
Against a backdrop of low interest rates that are likely to stay that way for several years, I continue to recommend exposure to more credit-sensitive areas of the fixed income market.
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Keep in mind that municipal securities are subject to a number of risks including, but not limited to: Interest Rate Risk, the risk that the market value of fixed-income securities may fluctuate when interest rates change, and Prepayment Risk, the risk that the issuers of individual securities may prepay them at a time when interest rates have declined.
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Sergio Trigo Paz repeatedly mentioned one trend which would have dramatic and long-lasting implications for emerging market fixed income investing.
While allocations to bonds may vary based upon market conditions and investor objectives and risk appetites, bonds (or other fixed income-oriented strategies) can typically find a home in most investment portfolios throughout most market cycles.
If volatility increases and all areas of the bond market start to decline, active fixed-income investors can go to cash.
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With over 70, 000 users in North America, the company appears pretty close to saturating that market, at least with the fixed-income client base that has traditionally been its strength.
The indications among the investing community show that hopes are not high that the U.S. government will come up with a plan that will instill confidence into a fixed income market that is already suffering from record-low inflows in many areas.
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Money market funds invest in short-term fixed-income securities or commercial paper from governments, financial institutions and corporations.
With over 70, 000 users in North America the company appears pretty close to saturating its market here, at least with the fixed-income client base that has traditionally been its strength.
The economy is improving, but Jessica Hoversen, a foreign exchange and fixed-income futures analyst at MF Global, warns that the currency market may have already overextended itself in the short term, while long-term trends endanger the U.S. dollar.
One of the simplest and most effective ways to manage daily stock market volatility is to have an allocation to fixed-income.
One thing that is for sure, the American market is likely to be a safer haven for fixed-income investors than Europe or Japan.
In many cases, pension funds are buying government bonds because they need fixed income instruments and the near-collapse of the mortgage-backed securities market has eliminated that supply.
Many people, such as bond-market guru Bill Gross, the managing director of fixed-income manager PIMCO, have said that part of the blame in the mortgage crisis lies with the rating agencies who gave mortgage securities high markets.
There could be a provision that the mix of equities and fixed-income securities in each account would change over time: As one got older, the portion of funds invested in fixed-income instruments, such as bonds, would increase, thereby reducing stock market exposure.
Less than a month ago, a probe aimed at cleaning up trading activities in the bond market resulted in the arrests of several dealers and other fixed-income personnel at Chinese financial institutions.
Clearly companies like Comcast and GE, are mindful of that reality in an environment where investors look to the equity market for yield due to the paltry rates on many fixed-income instruments like U.S. Treasuries.
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"Suntech's default may impact market sentiment in the short term, " said Bryan Collins, fixed-income portfolio manager at Fidelity Worldwide Investment.
In fact, he has invested in some bond ETFs, which because of the market downturn have given equity-like returns despite being in the fixed-income category.
Operations people, such as the CTO for electronic equity order flow or the operations director for fixed income, equities or market data, will want to monitor systems in real-time.
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South Africa, with a strong economy, provides attractive fixed-income opportunities while India, with a massive need for infrastructure investment, is a hard market to access given relatively under-developed capital markets. (Read: No Credit Bubble In Brazil, Just Dangerous Consumer Debt Burden).
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Thursday's stock-market slump had driven traders around the world to flee equities for the safety of fixed income investments.
Additionally, for growth-oriented investors, fixed-income securities can provide investors with downside protection and diversification within a growth portfolio especially in a highly volatile market where additional, measured, short-term flights to quality are likely.
Lehman had better-than-expected first-quarter earnings, driven by gains in fixed income, and analysts say it has made steady progress in winning market share.
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