Bonds

A group of U.S. bondholders is offering $2 billion to help boost the finances and infrastructure of Puerto Rico's power company amid fears it will go bankrupt.

A federal judge ruled late Friday that a Puerto Rico debt-restructuring law that aims to protect the government from bankruptcy and make public corporations self-sufficient is unconstitutional.

The U.S. stock market is opening sharply lower following disappointing corporate earnings and weak economic news.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded $13.4 billion worth of Puerto Rico's general obligation bonds as well as bonds issued by the island's water and sewer company.

As we look for the big potential stories for 2014, Japan one again comes to the forefront. 

Blackstone and State Street are teaming up to offer the first actively managed senior loan ETF for high-yield investors.

During an interview on the FOX Business Network’s The Intelligence Report with Trish Regan, legendary bond investor Bill Gross pointed out the different facets of a lower interest rate environment.

James Lebenthal, the U.S. municipal bond market's biggest champion and most eloquent spokesman, died following a heart attack at age 86, his daughter said on Friday.

The last thing the Fed wants to do is pull back its stimulus only to have to reverse course. More likely, the Fed is happy to take an extra month or two before it begins curtailing its bond purchases to ensure the slow progress in the labor market is sustainable.

Standard & Poor's cut the Netherlands' credit rating on Friday, leaving just three eurozone countries with the gold standard rating.

The market appears to be sensing a softening in growth momentum as the first few March data points have printed on the lighter side of expectations. 

Two insurance companies that guaranteed Detroit’s voter-approved general obligation bonds have sued the city.

In the wake of Fiat's deal to take full control of Chrysler, S&P upgraded the U.S. auto maker's credit rating to 'BB-' from 'B+.' 

S&P sliced Russia's outlook to 'negative' amid worries about potential capital outflow and other issues resulting from its annexation of Crimea. 

Portugal’s move to rescue its No. 2 bank gave investors renewed faith in the country’s banking sector … but shareholders and junior bondholders aren’t rejoicing.

A Chinese solar-cell manufacturer defaulted on its bond interest payments, marking the Asian country’s first onshore default and raising fears about explosive credit growth.

Puerto Rico’s proposal to raise $3 billion through a bond sale to keep the debt-addled Caribbean island afloat has raised questions over who will be first in line to get repaid should it run out of money.

Puerto Rico’s proposal to raise $3 billion through a bond sale to keep the debt-addled Caribbean island afloat has raised questions over who will be first in line to get repaid should it run out of money.

The $6.4 billion of outflows from emerging market equity funds marks the largest cash exodus from these funds since August 2011.

A portfolio with a heavy bond weighting may not cut it for investors in 2016.....