Still, more than once I've had clients balk at the idea of investing in bonds, offering the explanation, "They don't return as much as stocks." That's where it becomes the financial advisor's job to ...

Interest-rate sensitivity, credit risk, and exposure to the yield curve are three of the biggest factors that have an impact on a bond's price. As a measure of interest-rate sensitivity, duration ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, researcher, and ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Question: Morningstar analysts often define duration as a "measure of sensitivity to interest rates." What exactly does this mean? Answer: This is a timely question, with the Fed signaling that it ...

For someone who has now traded bonds professionally for over 30 years, the recent behavior of the bond market has been nothing short of incredible. For those who think of the bond market as a shelter ...

The concept of equity duration is more challenging than for bonds due to greater uncertainty of timing and amount of cash flows and discount rates are function of numerous variables. The equity ...

In July, Duration Capital Partners completed its spinoff from Oaktree Capital Management. Duration is investing in transportation, logistics and infrastructure. PE Hub spoke with co-CEO’s Emmett ...

Since 2004, a regimen of 6 months of treatment with oxaliplatin plus a fluoropyrimidine has been standard adjuvant therapy in patients with stage III colon cancer. However, since oxaliplatin is ...