Income investors had a little scare in May and June.  Bond prices took a tumble and dragged down assets that have come to be viewed as bond substitutes—including popular dividend-paying stocks, MLPs and REITs. Now that the dust has settled and the income markets have regained some semblance of normalcy, let’s take a step back...Read More

The votes have been counted.  Japan’s Liberal Democrats—the party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe—won a landslide victory over the weekend, securing control of both houses of parliament. The implications here are huge.  Abe is as close as you can get in modern Japan to a militant nationalist, and the win will only encourage him to...Read More