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Fixed Income
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‘See-Saw’ Stock Prices Prompt 401k Fixed Income Flow
Despite relatively solid market performance overall in the wake of market turbulence late last year, 401k plan participants…
February Favored Fixed Income 401k Funds
February was a slow trading month for 401k investors, but participants nonetheless favored fixed income over equities when…
401k Trading: Volatility’s Retreat or Eye of the Storm?
A falloff in Wall Street volatility brought a corresponding slowdown to trading activity among 401k investors, with an…
‘Bond King’ Bill Gross Bows Out, Announces Retirement
We’d love to get a look at his 401k. Bill Gross, legendary fixed-income investor and founder of PIMCO,…
The Next Area of ESG Investing Growth?
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is a growing force in the defined contribution space, and overwhelmingly relegated…
3 Questions to Ask (Now!) About Target Date Funds
Rising interest rates have all eyes on fixed income, anxiously anticipating bad things to come. Nowhere is it…
Fixed Income Mutual Fund Flows Signal of Trump Worries?
It might have been a bit of buyer’s remorse over the election, causing a flight to fixed income…
A 401(k) Bear Market for Bonds?
“The Barclay’s Aggregate Bond Index came out in 1986 and was backdated for about 10-years,” Dave Haviland plainly…
Vanguard Introduces Low Cost Actively-Managed Mutual Fund
John Bogle’s almost evangelical zeal for passive strategies often masks the fact that he does nonetheless advocate for…