Fixed Income

With interest rates so low, there is less "insurance" should crises arise, Bill Gross writes in his last investment outlook of the year.

Investors are going to get tired of earning little-to-nothing on their cash, Rob Kapito says.

Flows say investors see the glass half full next year.

Investors have been pouring money into bond funds this year while losing interest in bank products.

There’s more to a flattening yield curve than traditional omens of a recession, says Informa Financial Intelligence’s Chief Macro Strategist David Ader.

The 10-year Treasury note’s yield, which serves as a benchmark for everything from U.S. mortgages to borrowing costs for municipalities, fell in November to as low as 2.3 percent and topped out at 2.41 percent.

“There is less innovation in the U.S. Treasury market than any other market I am involved with,” David Rutter says.

With six weeks of the year remaining, U.S. Bond Funds have been by far the biggest money magnets in cash terms year-to-date.

Continuing the gradual rises in short-term rates seems straightforward.

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