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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

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By adding MarketAxess, ICE will serve every segment of the fixed-income market within a single ecosystem, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Vanguard will manage the indexed equity and indexed and active fixed-income sleeves in the new all-markets fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“For Warsh, yelling about it but not hiking because inflation is coming down is the best of all worlds,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

It points to fixed-income markets as an obvious vulnerability, given the huge debt issuance of hyperscalers, AI laboratories and engineering, procurement and construction contractors.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

“Spreads are tight but all-in yields look good,” says Rob Waldner, head of macro research for fixed-income at Invesco.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

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