1. Analyzing Long Term Bonds In A Retirement Portfolio; 10-Year Treasurys Versus Dividend Stocks
(Matching tags: retirement planning,dividends,interest rates,bonds)

Oh, how advisors and their clients long for the days when it was easy to earn 6% on a U.S. Treasury bond. The income alone was enough to see many people through their retirement years.   It used ...

2. More Comment Time Needed For Fiduciary Redefinition
(Matching tags: fiduciaries,investment fiduciaries,investment advisors,interest rates)

The Financial Services Institute (FSI) is trying to get more time to comment on the proposed redefinition by the Department of Labor (DOL) regarding fiduciary responsibility. FSI claims some of the data ...

3. Long-Term Inlation Outlook Is Benign, Says Fidelity Portfolio Manager, As Deleveraging Checks Economic Growth
(Matching tags: Economic Outlook,interest rates,inflation,U.S. economy,world economy)

Inflation peaked in the United States at 3.9% in September 2011 and has fallen to the 3% level since.  

4. How Will A Long Period Of Low Bond Yields Affect Retirement Plans?
(Matching tags: retirement planning,Federal Reserve,interest rates)

The Federal Reserve recently said it will keep short-term interest rates near zero for about three more years, and that it may resume buying longer term bonds to lower yields. Though stocks rallied ...

5. The Federal Reserve Extends The Time Period It Plans To Keep Interest Rates Low
(Matching tags: interest rates,Federal Reserve,U.S. economy)

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will keep short-term interest rates near zero through most of 2014.  ...

6. The Federal Reserve Will Reveal Its Members' Forecasts Of Interest Rates
(Matching tags: Federal Reserve,interest rates)

Reversing a long-standing policy, the Federal Reserve has decided to start publishing the predictions of its senior officials regarding the direction of short-term interest rates.  ...

7. Officials Counter Growing Belief That The Fed Will Soon Boost U.S. Financial Markets
(Matching tags: Federal Reserve,U.S. economy,interest rates,banks)

Two Federal Reserve officials said separately that U.S. economic indicators are trending upward, making it unlikely the Fed will step in anytime soon to strengthen the economy.

8. Fed's New Bond Buying Strategy Opens New Opportunities For Fixed-Income Investors
(Matching tags: Treasury bonds,Federal Reserve,interest rates,bonds)

The Federal Reserve’s Operation Twist may do little to stimulate the economy but it does suggest strategies for fixed-income exposure, some analysts said.

9. The Fed Makes A Modest Move Aimed At Stimulating The Dragging Economy
(Matching tags: Federal Reserve,Treasury bonds,interest rates)

Federal Reserve policy makers plan to extend the maturities of Fed-owned Treasury bonds by buying $400 million of long-term debt and selling an equal amount of shorter-term securities.  

10. Treasury Secretary Geithner In Op-Ed: "What The World Must Do To Boost Growth"
(Matching tags: Wealth Management,economy,interest rates,world economy)

Ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of the G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Marseille, France, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, in an op-ed to be published in the September 9, 2011 edition ...

11. Floating-Rate Funds Have Been Popular But May Cool Off After Fed’s Interest Rate Pledge
(Matching tags: mutual funds,interest rates,dividends,FINRA)

Floating-rate funds have been the hottest-selling funds on the market this year because they promise higher yields than many other fund categories.

12. The Fed Pledges To Keep Interest Rates At Historic Lows For 2 More Years
(Matching tags: interest rates,Federal Reserve,U.S. economy)

The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it will keep short-term interest rates near zero through at least the middle of 2013.  ...

13. Focus Moves To Fed As S&P Downgrades Insurers And Mortgage Giants Amid Market Chaos
(Matching tags: U.S. debt,U.S. credit rating,Federal Reserve,interest rates,bonds,U.S. economy)

The Federal Reserve meets today in the wake of Monday’s 6.7% plunge of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, and speculation has started about the potential for a third round of stimulative ...

14. The Downgrade By Standard & Poor's: Not So Big A Deal
(Matching tags: investing,interest rates,U.S. economy,stocks)

While no person or entity likes to have their credibility under any question, the Stndard & Poor’s downgrade of US debt is likely not to be a really big deal.

15. Diversified Bond Funds Have Performed Well During Periods Of Rising Interest Rates
(Matching tags: Treasury bonds,interest rates,bonds,U.S. economy)

Conventional wisdom maintains that rising interest rates lead to falling bond prices, and that’s true – when it comes to individual bonds. Investors who hold a portfolio of diversified bond ...

16. Risk Factors Should Now Rank Above Asset Classes In Making Asset Allocation Decisions
(Matching tags: asset allocation,interest rates,world economy)

The lines between interest rate and credit risk have blurred, making it more important than ever to find sources of safe spread. That means investments based on traditional, broad sector classifications ...

17. Preparing For The Day Interest Rates Start To Rise From Rock Bottom Levels
(Matching tags: interest rates,bonds,currency)

Interest rates have been near zero for a record two-and-a-half years, and sooner or later rates will start to rise.  ...

18. Gross Tells Advisors To Look Abroad, Expects Interest Rates To Stay Low For A Long Time
(Matching tags: emerging markets,interest rates)

Brazil, China and India continue to offer the best prospects for future returns as interest rates will likely remain low for some time to come, according to Pimco money manager Bill Gross.  ...

19. Federal Reserve Could Start Tightening Credit Before End Of This Year, Official Says
(Matching tags: Federal Reserve,interest rates)

Many analysts believe the Federal Reserve won’t start tightening credit until 2012, but one regional Fed president says the first steps could come this year.

20. Panelists At Fund Forum Discuss Ways To Manage Risk in Fixed-Income Portfolios
(Matching tags: bonds,ETFs,interest rates,inflation)

Rising interest rates and inflation pose increasing risks to the fixed-income sector, but advisors can take steps now to better manage that risk.  ...