Bond Risk
Insurance companies manage risk—their own risk. When it comes to insuring new-issue muni bonds, the only game in town is Assured Guaranty Ltd. They’re...
Your 2012 Bond Fund Resolution
I hope you made some good money in bonds last year, because it was not a good year for all bond funds. Through November,...
A Crucial Bond Fund Metric
When it comes to your bond money, you want to live to fight another day. To make sure you do, I recommend that you...
The Most Popular Bond Fund
When investors ask me to review their company’s 401(k) investment options, I can’t get over the lack of bond fund choices offered by the...
A Compulsive Liar
Meet the stock market: he’s a valuable economic indicator, but he also has a tendency to lie—even compulsively. The stock market misdirects, misleads, and...
Inflation Expectations Surge
This is a scary looking chart. The chart shows the 10 year breakeven inflation rate. This is the inflation rate that investors are anticipating...
TIPS Yield: What You Should Know Today
With commodities prices surging and inflation pressures heating up in certain sectors of the economy, the financial press is loaded with articles offering advice...
A Threat to the Muni Union
It turns out that not only is the adoption of a right-to-work (RTW) law in states good for business, but even the threat of...
106% Profits—in Bonds
With stocks rising virtually uninterrupted since the end of August and doubling from their March 2009 lows, you may be kicking yourself for not...
