Post tagged with bonds

  • Are bonds bubbling?

    August 25th, 201004:39 PM ET
    By Mark Biller
    Economists and investing analysts are engaged in a serious debate about whether the U.S. economy is headed toward inflation or deflation. The deflation arguments have picked up speed this summer, fueled by an increase in reports showing that the economy appears to be slowing again. While the experts remain (sharply) divided about whether we will t...

  • Keep your money fund or dump it?

    January 29th, 201008:22 AM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    It's no secret that interest rates for money market funds are scraping bottom. Even the top recommendation in our current money rates table (subscription required) is paying a scant 0.30%. Vanguard Prime, one of the best-known and most popular MMFs available, is yielding a barely noticeable 0.05%. So is it time to abandon the money-fund ship a...

  • Where has all the money gone?

    January 13th, 201010:47 AM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    Citing stats from the Investment Company Institute, USA Today reports that investors withdrew a net $490 billion from money market funds during the first 10 months of 2009. Most of went - where? If you guessed "into stock funds," you're wrong. Nearly two-thirds of the money went into bond funds. Normally, investors chase after stocks during...

  • This quiz attempts to measure how risk tolerant you are

    November 16th, 200912:43 PM ET
    By Austin Pryor
    Early on at SMI, I developed a brief quiz to help our readers determine how risk averse they are. The results from that quiz, in combination with our "seasons of life" chart, help them arrive at a stock/bond allocation suitable to their risk tolerance and age. At least that's the idea. As we all know, however, the way you answer questions in w...

  • The new kid on the block in the municipal-bond market

    August 07th, 200909:24 AM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    Tucked in among the 400-plus pages of the "stimulus" act passed earlier this year (see Part V, Sec. 1531) is the authorization for Build America Bonds, a new kind of taxable municipal bond subsidized by the federal government. (Right now, the authorization is for 2009 and 2010 only.) Billions of dollars worth these bonds have already been issu...
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