Fixed-income

Fixed income refers to any type of investment that yields a regular (or fixed) return. Fixed income instruments include government bonds, municipal bonds, agency bonds and corporate bonds.

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Despite troubles in its financial sector, Brazil is still drawing foreign investors.
Investors Love Rio: Why Foreign Companies Are Buying Into Brazil's Real Economy

By IBTimes

Investing in Brazil's booming economy has turned another page as foreign companies, especially Japanese firms, move from putting money into the nation's financial industry to putting it into the real economy of South America's largest nation. (May 25)

MORE TOPICS: GENERAL ELECTRIC, BNP PARIBAS, MORGAN STANLEY, NYSE, RETAIL SALES, GDP

Germany
Germany Now Borrowing Money For Free

By IBTimes

Investors on Wednesday eagerly snatched up a new two-year German bond with a zero-percent coupon, meaning investors were willing to pay to loan money to Europe's strongest economy when expected inflation is factored in. The yield ended at 0.07 percent. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: ABN AMRO, COMMERZBANK, GERMANY, EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, MANAGEMENT

Specialist banks cherry pick from lay-offs

By Reuters

Small investment banks and brokerages in Europe are making the most of a hiring shutdown and cuts at bigger rivals, cherry picking staff frustrated by new pay rules and uncertainty over strategy. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: DEUTSCHE BANK, GOLDMAN SACHS, RUSSIA, INDIA, EMERGING MARKETS, CREDIT SUISSE

China plans brokerage reforms to create its own Goldman Sachs

By Reuters

China is rolling out sweeping brokerage reforms to nurture future global investment banks that officials hope could eventually compete with the likes of Goldman Sachs <GS.N> and Morgan Stanley <MS.N>, a regulatory document showed. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GOLD, GOLDMAN SACHS, MORGAN STANLEY, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT

MLPs = Good Returns in All Markets: Darren Schuringa

By Street Wise Reports

With interest rate yields so low, it's not surprising that more investors are flocking to the excellent income and relative downside stability afforded by Master Limited Partnerships and related ETFs. (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: NYSE, ADVERTISING, RETAIL, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT, CONGRESS

Exclusive: Housing chief leaves Morgan to launch buy-to-rent fund

By Reuters

Oliver Chang, head of U.S. housing strategy at Morgan Stanley, who has written more about foreclosed homes as an investment opportunity than any other Wall Street analyst, is leaving his firm to start his own buy-to-rent housing fund. (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: FREDDIE MAC, FANNIE MAE, MORGAN STANLEY, MANAGEMENT, MORTGAGE, INVESTMENT

France presses for euro area bonds as crisis salve

By Reuters UK

France's Francois Hollande will push a proposal for mutualising European debt at an informal summit of EU leaders in Brussels this week, increasing pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to drop her opposition to the idea. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, GERMANY, ELECTIONS, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT

Shares steady near lows, investors fear Greece

By Reuters

European shares and the euro steadied near their lows for the year on Monday as investor fears that Greece could leave the euro were partly countered by promises from China and the Group of Eight leaders at the weekend to support growth. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, FTSE, EUROPEAN UNION, GDP, JAPAN, ELECTIONS

Shares, euro steady but Greek worries weigh

By Reuters

European shares took a breather from last week's sell-off and the single currency steadied on Monday, but investors were wary after a weekend meeting of Group of Eight leaders failed to ease concerns about the risk of Greece exiting the euro. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: FTSE, JAPAN, INVESTMENT

G8 growth talk leaves wary markets awaiting action

By Reuters

A pledge by leaders of industrialized nations to help the troubled world economy is unlikely to herald quick new action by Europe on its debt crisis, meaning more uncertainty for nervous financial markets. (May 20)

MORE TOPICS: GERMANY, EUROPEAN UNION, WHITE HOUSE, ELECTIONS, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, NEW YORK

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