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For Western Asset Management, the Pasadena, Calif.-based bond-fund giant with $445 billion in assets under management, the downgrade news hit on Friday evening just as it was finalizing its internal daily financial report.

Companies Search Small Print for Financial Impact; Weekend of Work Mary Pilon 2011

Loomis Sayles brings to the table veteran bond-fund managers, perhaps the best known being Dan Fuss, manager on Loomis Sayles Bond .

Active Funds vs. ETFs Tom Lauricella 2011

"You've had quite a lot of the panic," says Mark Nash , an international bond-fund manager at Invesco Asset Management in London.

A Break in the Debt Gloom Tom Lauricella 2011

"If there's a 1% increase in interest rates, we will still have positive total return" in bond-fund holdings, he says.

Making Room for Midcaps Shefali Anand 2011

But that hasn't stopped Pimco, the giant bond-fund manager, from embarking on an ambitious plan to add actively managed stock funds to its menu.

A Bond Giant's Stock-Fund Strategy Karen Damato 2011

High-profile bond-fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach , who founded DoubleLine Capital, said investing in short-dated Treasurys at current yields is like "putting money in a coffee can."

Euro Crisis Curbs Treasury Bears Even as U.S. Heals Cynthia Lin 2012

At the start of 2011, bond-fund giant Pimco bet against U.S. Treasurys when the 10-year note was yielding about 3.3%.

Bond Bulls May Yet Have Reason for Cheer Richard Barley 2012

Also, the stock portfolio is there to help offset any losses that have to be taken in a bond-fund portfolio.

A Portfolio to Keep Income Flowing Tom Lauricella 2011

The split verdict in a lawsuit and countersuit between bond-fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach and his former employer, Trust Co. of the West, left neither side a clear-cut winner.

Going Where Others Fear to Tread Ben Levisohn 2011

Since his moves, the Treasury market has embarked on one of the most remarkable rallies in recent memory, making his Total Return Fund a laggard among bond-fund peers.

This Week: Storms in the East and in the Economy 2011