61. Fidelity Capital Markets trades in both U.S. and non-U.S. equity and fixed income securities for institutional clients. 62. Fixed income investors say the IMF accord is more beneficial for equity investors. 63. Falling rates boosts the appeal of fixed income securities. 64. Falling stocks can make the stable returns of fixed income investments more attractive. 65. Falling stocks could support bonds by prompting investors to shift funds into fixed income securities in search of more stable returns. 66. For example, you do not place a pensioner on a modest fixed income into an account that trades aggressively in speculative stocks. 67. For one, changing from traditional fixed income investments to stock mutual funds is easy. 68. For the short term, returns are expected to be better in fixed income, he said. 69. For the salaried, for those on fixed income, this is very much a huge increase in the cost of living. 70. Gold is typically bought as a hedge against the effects of rising prices, which can erode the value of fixed income assets such as bonds. |