Pimco has spent the past few years expanding its roster of stock funds and ETFs.
Just as striking is the view at the world's biggest bond investment fund, Pimco.
Pacific Investment Management, or Pimco, has the biggest one, Pimco Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy (MINT) .
Pimco was wrong, and its flagship Total Return Fund ended the year with a 4.2% return.
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Some advisers think he can pull it off, thanks to Pimco's experience and expertise in bonds.
The US is now on the spot, as Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian writes.
You can count on more suits than just the PIMCO, et al. mentioned above.
Myles Bradshaw, a portfolio manager at Pimco, says that Spanish bonds offer better value.
Gross doesn't advise investors about whether they should choose the no-loads over Pimco Total Return.
Pimco has 1.8% of assets in debt from El Paso Energy and the Williams Cos.
Thus far this year the Harbor version has gained 1.6%, while Pimco is up 1.3%.
Pimco has 21% of assets in U.S. Treasury Notes maturing Sept. 21, Harbor 18%.
Part of what you are paying extra for there is the trusted Pimco brand name.
The Pimco High Income Fund is a closed-end collection of junk bonds, bought on margin.
Big news this week from behemoth bond fund group Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO).
Though most gurus disagree, PIMCO's bond maven, Bill Gross , does admit to buying inflation-adjusted Treasurys.
Not to impugn Pimco's integrity (which I consider the highest), but this view is convenient for that firm.
Probably so, says Mohamed El-Erian, the co-CEO of PIMCO, an investment company that specializes in bonds and debt.
Fund managers are copying the success of Bill Gross and the Pimco Total Return fund, which uses leverage.
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PIMCO's cohesive culture also gives it more reason than most to worry about the impact of splashy deals.
The Harbor version is up 8.1% over the last five years, besting Gross' Pimco offering by 0.4 points.
The primary reason PIMCO is buying MBS issues is because of the Fed.
No wonder that money managers like Pimco and Lazard are capitalizing on it.
Mr. Gross, founder and co-chief investment officer at Pimco, declined to comment Tuesday.
Mark Porterfield, Pimco's spokesman, didn't reply to email and voice messages seeking comments.
And that puts in a different light the killer quote from Scott Simon of Pimco, the huge fixed-income manager.
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We also found out today that Pimco, the world's largest bond fund, has been buying US treasury bonds again.
Pimco RCM Biotechnology Fund has embedded losses equal to 165% of its holdings.
Pimco would not comment on questions about capacity constraints for their active ETFs.
And the Pimco Total Return ETF will put that juice to the test.
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