51. Consumers on fixed incomes, like retirees, will be affected to the extent that their interest-generating investments are short-term. 52. Declines in stocks can boost the relative allure of fixed income securities. 53. Deutsche Bank scored another victory last year when it recruited Edson Mitchell, co-head of fixed income capital markets at Merrill Lynch. 54. Drive time radio is full of ads from these banks comparing their stock fund performance with mediocre returns of fixed income funds. 55. Elderly consumers are most often at risk because they often own their homes, depend on someone else to undertake physically demanding home improvements and live on fixed incomes. 56. Equitable said it would shift the balance of its investments toward fixed income and away from equities to help reduce risk in the future. 57. Every dollar mattered since they lived on a fixed income and were saving for their son to attend college. 58. Enron plans to offer a variety of pricing packages, including fixed prices for several years for senior citizens on fixed incomes. 59. Fast economic growth fuels concerns inflation also will accelerate and eat into the fixed income return on bonds. 60. Fear of impoverishment and of facing the rising costs of health care on fixed incomes fuels many of the battles the elderly wage over government spending in Charlotte County. |