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fixed-income

American  
[fikst-in-kuhm] / ˈfɪkstˈɪn kʌm /

adjective

  1. gaining or yielding a more or less uniform rate of income.


Etymology

Origin of fixed-income

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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A fixed-income manager who didn’t want to be named, however, said “there is often a top of the market bell that rings when people issue 100 year bonds.”

From MarketWatch

For every $10 trillion in assets, portfolios sell down some $37 billion of equities a month, and buy $37 billion of fixed-income assets — U.S.

From MarketWatch

In the Fix My Portfolio column, Beth Pinsker shared warnings about the bond market from large asset managers and described other fixed-income investments.

From MarketWatch

Thursday’s Treasury-market moves “are really attributable to the economic data, with layoffs figures and jobless claims above expectations,” said Lawrence Gillum, the Charlotte, N.C.-based chief fixed-income strategist for broker-dealer LPL Financial.

From MarketWatch

The asset manager launched three new active equity exchange-traded funds last fall and four active fixed-income ETFs in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal