Fixed Income

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  Bernanke Sets Timeline for Fed to End Bond-Buying

  By Martin Crustsinger, Associated Press  |  June 19, 2013

  Bernanke said the reductions would occur in "measured steps" and that the purchases could end by the middle of next year.

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  PIMCO to Offer Aria’s Guaranteed Income Product

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 18, 2013

  Aria CEO David Stone said other fund family collaborations would be forthcoming.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: Forget Politicians—It’s the Fed That Matters

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  June 17, 2013

  PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian believes that central banks are better these days at setting policy than politicians.

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  Market Holds Rally, Investors Don’t Show Up

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2013

  “You don’t get too many chances to get over 100% gain without inflation after only four years,” said one analyst at the Morningstar Investment Conference, where panelists lamented investors' lack of discipline since the financial crisis.

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  Finke Says Jump in Rates No Panacea for Savers, Retirees: Live Blog, Day 1

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2013

  Perusing some investment literature in the Morningstar conference's lonely press room, I see an old retirement report and a conflicting story in today's Journal that prompts me to call up Michael Finke to sort it out.

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  MSRB Warns Investors, BDs About Sequestration’s Impact on Direct-Pay Bonds

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2013

  The MSRB warned investors Wednesday to be aware of the terms of certain types of direct-pay municipal bonds to better understand any potential impact the federal sequestration has on them.

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  Vanguard Study Boosts TDFs, Plugs Financial Advisors

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 10, 2013

  A recently released Vanguard study goes some distance to rehabilitate the image of target-date funds, which are often seen as lacking in sophistication.

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  PIMCO’s Gross: Fed in a Corner, Will ‘Taper’ by Year’s End

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 10, 2013

  It’s hard to have a market for Treasuries when the Fed owns them all, PIMCO co-CIO Bill Gross says.

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  Top Portfolio Products: New Utility, Infrastructure ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 7, 2013

  Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management launched the two new X-trackers funds, and CMG Capital Management rolled out a global equity product.

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  MFS Sees Pent-Up Demand Fueling 2013 Growth

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 7, 2013

  James Swanson, MFS’ chief investment strategist, also warned boomers against tying up too much money in U.S. government bonds.