Newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to take Japan’s economy in a daring new direction to pull it out of two decades of stagnation and deflation. It turns out that his policies closely resemble past efforts — but he wants to put far more firepower behind them this time. He aims to relax al…
Interestratesmay continue at low levels for quite awhile with deflation being a live risk, says Roger Bootle, author and managing director of Capital Economics.
Morningstar's Eric Jacobson reviews bond fund performance and fund flows in 2010, analyzes recent performance hiccups in fixed income, and pinpoints the factors that should be on bond investors' radars today.
Relative to history and expectations, bonds are overpriced in general, says Loomis Sayles Bond manager Dan Fuss, who is taking a selective approach with caution toward credit risk.