High-yield fixed-income investments aim to provide steady income, capital preservation and higher returns than traditional fixed-income assets like government bonds or savings accounts. Although these ...

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On this episode of The Long View, Eric Jacobson, Morningstar’s senior principal for fixed-income strategies, talks about what has changed the entire face of the bond market, passive fixed income, ...

Fixed-income exchange-traded funds provide diversified bond exposure, often at a low cost. Passive fixed-income ETFs lower expenses because they rely on an index to define their holdings. Investors ...

For years, fixed-income investments were overlooked in favor of high-growth equities and alternative assets, as low interest rates made bonds and similar instruments less appealing. However, the tide ...

Vanguard has broadened its suite of model portfolios for financial advisors with the introduction of two new fixed income offerings. The Risk Diversification Tax-Aware Model and the Income Focused ...

The right move for fixed-income investors in 2022 was to focus on short-maturity bonds. As the Federal Reserve raised ...

Fixed income has long been considered the defensive backbone of a diversified portfolio. That role, however, is under unprecedented pressure. In early 2024, the Federal Reserve paused its anticipated ...

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