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The Big Bet on Rising Rates

Some managers are rolling out long/short bond funds meant to hedge against rising interest rates. But the success of their strategy rests on correctly predicting when rates will rise.

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  • Apr. 3, 2013
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    The Big Bet on Rising Rates

    Some managers are rolling out long/short bond funds meant to hedge against rising interest rates. But the success of their strategy rests on correctly predicting when rates will rise....More
  • Mar. 26, 2013
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    The Passive Letdown

    Investors have fallen in love with equity index funds, for their low cost and solid performance. But fixed income index funds are a different story....More
  • Feb. 13, 2013
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    Predicting Dividend Changes

    Closed-End Fund Advisors started tracking two new data points we thought would help us select and compare dividend risk for a closed-end fund. They are: Undistributed Net Investment Income Trend (UNII) and Earnings Trend. By taking the slope of the last three UNII and earnings figures for a fund, a trend is determined as “up”, “flat” or “down”...More
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    Morningstar: Be Prepared to Lose a Lot in Bonds

    Stocks and bonds had a pretty good 2012, but expected bond returns are negative, according to Morningstar....More
  • Dec. 12, 2012
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    Is It Time to Get Back Into Treasuries?

    Over the last year, many have questioned whether we could be headed for a Treasury bubble, and since then, flows to Treasuries have tapered off. But could now be the time to get back in?...More
  • Dec. 5, 2012
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    The Real Causes of the Financial Crisis 5

    What many fail to see—particularly Democrats who want to demonize Wall Street and bankers—is the government’s role in this financial debacle of 2008 and 2009....More
  • Nov. 8, 2012
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    On the Fiscal Cliff, Yawn.

      This morning, alas only briefly, I attended Bloomberg's Portfolio Manager Mash Up held in a converted garage on West 34th Street, a part of Manhattan that is strangely still un-gentrified....More
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