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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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Market turbulence poses first serious test for Abenomics

By Reuters UK

This week's turbulence in Tokyo markets exposes a key risk of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's all-in strategy to revive Japan's economy - if investor confidence falters, the government and the Bank of Japan may be left with few options to turn the tide. (May 24)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, MORGAN STANLEY, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, EARTHQUAKE, BANK OF JAPAN

Carrefour sells stake in Middle East venture for $683 million

By Reuters

Carrefour <CARR.PA>, Europe's largest retailer, agreed to sell its remaining 25-percent stake in a Middle East joint venture to local partner Majid Al Futtaim for 530 million euros ($682.45 million), MAF said in a statement on Wednesday. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: WAL-MART, DUBAI, RETAIL, INVESTMENT

Analysis: Frontier Markets booming but risks mounting

By Reuters

With the world's biggest central banks driving yields on safe assets to near zero, some investors are tossing caution to the wind and rushing to buy illiquid and previously overlooked bonds sold by countries with no capital markets track record. (May 20)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, GENERAL ELECTRIC, BANK OF AMERICA, MERRILL LYNCH, JAPAN, ARGENTINA

Analysis - Frontier Markets booming but risks mounting

By Reuters UK

With the world's biggest central banks driving yields on safe assets to near zero, some investors are tossing caution to the wind and rushing to buy illiquid and previously overlooked bonds sold by countries with no capital markets track record. (May 19)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, GENERAL ELECTRIC, BANK OF AMERICA, MERRILL LYNCH, JAPAN, ARGENTINA

Wall Street bonuses, staff levels to rise in 2013: consultant

By Reuters

Wall Street bonuses and staff levels are expected to rise this year as trading and dealmaking activity pick up, according to a closely watched report released on Friday by a compensation consulting firm. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: RETAIL, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT

Analysis: For all the debt, there's a shortage of bonds

By Reuters

Debt may be everywhere but there's a scarcity of bonds. (May 15)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, BARCLAYS, JAPAN, BANK OF JAPAN

Morgan Stanley CEO defends bond-trading business strategy

By Reuters UK

Of the five or six problems that sat atop the desk of Morgan Stanley <MS.N> Chief Executive James Gorman a year ago, only one remains: making sure the bank's bond trading business shrinks to profitability rather than obscurity. (May 15)

MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, UBS AG, MANAGEMENT

Gundlach says yield-seekers at risk if interest rates rise: CNBC

By Reuters

Jeffrey Gundlach, star bond investor and the head of DoubleLine Capital LP, said on Thursday that investors who are fleeing bonds in favor of alternatives offering higher yields could suffer losses if interest rates rise. (May 10)

MORE TOPICS: INVESTMENT, LOS ANGELES, SILVER

Judge may set workout deadline in biggest U.S. muni bankruptcy

By Reuters

Alabama's Jefferson County will brief a federal judge on Thursday on its progress toward exiting from bankruptcy, as the county appears likely to become the first big U.S. local government to impose losses on bondholders since the 1930s. (May 08)

MORE TOPICS: JPMORGAN CHASE, COURT, NEW YORK, LAWYER, SETTLEMENT

Global shares near 5-year high as central bank rally rolls on

By Reuters

World shares hit their strongest in almost five years and Germany's Dax reached an all-time high on Tuesday, as signals top central banks will remain supportive of growth continued to drive markets. (May 07)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, ABN AMRO, CRUDE OIL, COPPER, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, INVESTMENT