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PIMCO Set To Launch Three New ETFs
Tom Lydon • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
A Difficult Point In The Market Cycle For Investors To Navigate
David I. Templeton • Sun, May 19 • 6 Comments
To The Continued Success Of The Actively Managed ETF
Michael Fabian • Tue, May 14 • 1 Comment
Consider Making Additional Changes To Your Income Allocations
Michael Fabian • Tue, May 7 • 1 Comment
New S&P 500 Price Target: 2001
Eric Parnell • Mon, May 6 • 14 Comments
What To Watch For In The Bond Market
Wall Street Wisdom • Sun, May 5 • 4 Comments
Buy In May And Stay To Trade?
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 3 • 16 Comments
The Present And Future Of Actively Managed ETFs
AllAboutAlpha • Mon, Apr 29 • 1 Comment
Bond Bubble Hasn't Burst
Ron Rowland • Thu, Apr 25 • 4 Comments
PIMCO Readies 3 More Bond ETFs
Tom Lydon • Tue, Apr 23 • 1 Comment
4 Actively Managed Bond ETFs: Are They Worth Their Fees?
Carole Cable • Mon, Apr 22 • 10 Comments
Market Correction: Where Is The Money Flowing?
Martin Vlcek • Fri, Apr 19 • 31 Comments
Diversified ETF Portfolio Performance For Q1 2013
Zach Tripp • Sun, Apr 14
How Can You Improve Returns On Your Idle Cash?
Martin Vlcek • Sun, Apr 14 • 4 Comments
Bond Bubble And The Great Rotation
Marc Lichtenfeld • Thu, Apr 11 • 12 Comments
ETFs Rake In $53 Billion In Q1
Morningstar • Thu, Apr 11
Beyond The 10 Year Treasury Yield: How To Follow The Bond Market With ETFs
Learn Bonds • Mon, Apr 8 • 1 Comment
The Crossroads Of Duration And Credit Quality
Michael Fabian • Sat, Apr 6 • 1 Comment
Bill Gross PIMCO ETF Hits Lifetime High As Bond 'Great Rotation' Debunked
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 5 • 3 Comments
PIMCO Total Return ETF Outsells Mutual Fund In March
Tom Lydon • Wed, Apr 3 • 1 Comment

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Bill Gross PIMCO ETF Hits Lifetime High As Bond 'Great Rotation' Debunked
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 5 • 3 Comments
Cash Influx May Cool PIMCO Total Return ETF's Outperformance
Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 13
BOND: The World's Largest Active ETF Celebrates Its First Birthday
Morningstar • Sun, Mar 3 • 4 Comments
The Successful Failure Of PIMCO Total Return ETF
Ron Rowland • Fri, Mar 1 • 23 Comments
PIMCO Total Return ETF Nears 1-Year Anniversary
Tom Lydon • Thu, Feb 21 • 1 Comment
BOND: A Tipping Point For Wall Street
Jeff Binkley • Mon, Dec 17, 2012 • 1 Comment
The Best Way To Invest With "Bond King" Bill Gross
StreetAuthority • Fri, Dec 7, 2012 • 1 Comment
Bill Gross: Bullish On Munis, Bearish On Treasuries
Learn Bonds • Mon, Sep 24, 2012 • 5 Comments
Thanks For The BOND, Bill
Kenn Wagenheim • Fri, Jul 20, 2012 • 11 Comments
What's Driving The Total Return ETF?
Felix Salmon • Wed, Jul 18, 2012 • 9 Comments
Why PIMCO Total Return ETF Is Beating Its Mutual Fund Counterpart
Tom Lydon • Fri, Jul 6, 2012 • 8 Comments
PIMCO Total Return ETF: Getting Ahead Of Itself
Jon R. Orcutt • Mon, Jul 2, 2012 • 10 Comments
PIMCO Total Return: ETF Or Mutual-Fund Wrapper?
Tom Lydon • Tue, Jun 5, 2012 • 1 Comment
PIMCO Total Return: ETF Or Mutual Fund?
Tom Lydon • Wed, May 16, 2012
PIMCO Total Return ETF: Off To A Fast Start
Morningstar • Thu, May 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
ETF Focus: PIMCO Total Return
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 20, 2012 • 1 Comment
PIMCO Total Return: Bill Gross's Foray Into ETFs Living Up To The Hype
Benjamin Shepherd • Fri, Apr 20, 2012 • 5 Comments
Checking In On The PIMCO Total Return ETF
Zacks Investment Research • Fri, Apr 13, 2012 • 2 Comments
One Month After Launch, PIMCO Total Return ETF Lives Up To The Hype
Tom Lydon • Wed, Apr 4, 2012 • 22 Comments
PIMCO Total Return Fund Performance Helped By U.S. Agency Mortgages
Learn Bonds • Tue, Mar 27, 2012 • 3 Comments

PIMCO Set To Launch Three New ETFs
Tom Lydon • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
A Difficult Point In The Market Cycle For Investors To Navigate
David I. Templeton • Sun, May 19 • 6 Comments
To The Continued Success Of The Actively Managed ETF
Michael Fabian • Tue, May 14 • 1 Comment
Consider Making Additional Changes To Your Income Allocations
Michael Fabian • Tue, May 7 • 1 Comment
New S&P 500 Price Target: 2001
Eric Parnell • Mon, May 6 • 14 Comments
What To Watch For In The Bond Market
Wall Street Wisdom • Sun, May 5 • 4 Comments
Buy In May And Stay To Trade?
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 3 • 16 Comments
The Present And Future Of Actively Managed ETFs
AllAboutAlpha • Mon, Apr 29 • 1 Comment
Bond Bubble Hasn't Burst
Ron Rowland • Thu, Apr 25 • 4 Comments
PIMCO Readies 3 More Bond ETFs
Tom Lydon • Tue, Apr 23 • 1 Comment
4 Actively Managed Bond ETFs: Are They Worth Their Fees?
Carole Cable • Mon, Apr 22 • 10 Comments
Market Correction: Where Is The Money Flowing?
Martin Vlcek • Fri, Apr 19 • 31 Comments
Diversified ETF Portfolio Performance For Q1 2013
Zach Tripp • Sun, Apr 14
How Can You Improve Returns On Your Idle Cash?
Martin Vlcek • Sun, Apr 14 • 4 Comments
Bond Bubble And The Great Rotation
Marc Lichtenfeld • Thu, Apr 11 • 12 Comments
ETFs Rake In $53 Billion In Q1
Morningstar • Thu, Apr 11
Beyond The 10 Year Treasury Yield: How To Follow The Bond Market With ETFs
Learn Bonds • Mon, Apr 8 • 1 Comment
The Crossroads Of Duration And Credit Quality
Michael Fabian • Sat, Apr 6 • 1 Comment
PIMCO Total Return ETF Outsells Mutual Fund In March
Tom Lydon • Wed, Apr 3 • 1 Comment
Complete Makeover Of A Retirement Portfolio
Martin Vlcek • Wed, Apr 3 • 8 Comments

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Chuck Jaffe: With BlackRock deal, Fidelity bets on ETFs

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 13, 2013)
Chuck Jaffe: How to judge young ETFs

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 4, 2013)
A Banner Year for ETFs

at Fox Business (Jan 10, 2013)
Chuck Jaffe: 8 fund forecasts for 2013

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 31, 2012)
Robert Powell's Retirement Portfolio: How to protect your retirement in 2013

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 14, 2012)
Weekend Investor: Tax surprise could hit bond ETF investors

at MarketWatch.com (Nov 30, 2012)
Bond fund managers favor corporate debt

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 1, 2012)
Bond Report: Treasurys gain as Spain, Greece worries resume

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 24, 2012)
Don't ignore diversified financial ETFs

at MarketWatch.com (Jul 19, 2012)
Chuck Jaffe: The little ETF that couldn’t

at MarketWatch.com (Jul 1, 2012)
ETF Investing: Actively managed ETFs get big-name backing

at MarketWatch.com (May 15, 2012)
PIMCO's bond ETF is game changer: Tom Lydon

at MarketWatch.com (May 3, 2012)

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BOND Description

The PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund (BOND) is a diversified portfolio of high quality bonds that is actively managed in an effort to maximize return in a risk-controlled framework. BOND invests primarily in investment grade debt securities, and discloses all portfolio holdings on a daily basis. The average portfolio duration normally varies within two years (plus or minus) of the benchmark Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index, and the fund may not use options, futures or swaps. The fund offers a core bond strategy that is designed to capitalize on opportunities across multiple sectors of the fixed income market.
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Country: United States

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In Your Portfolio: Broad U.S. Bond ETFs, A Guide to U.S. Government Bond ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Strategies, Bonds

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Friday, May 10, 10:35 AM Bill Gross (BOND) attempts to ring a bell, calling the 30-year bond bull market over as of April 29, 2013 (while pushing Pimco as the one to help navigate in this new world). The 30-year Treasury yield touched 2.8% at April's end. Including a 9 bp pop today, the yield now stands at 3.08%. TLT -1%, TBT +1.9%. 6 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Monday, May 6, 7:47 AM More Buffett/CNBC: "Bonds (AGG, BND, TLT) are priced artificially," he says, and investors in long-term paper stand to lose a terrific amount of money. It echos weekend comments where he told Omaha concert-goers, "I feel sorry for people that have clung to fixed-dollar investments." 15 Comments
Thursday, May 2, 7:35 AM The number of bond funds owning stocks rose to 352 in Q1, according to Morningstar, up from 312 in Q4 and the highest level in nearly 2 decades. "We believe that traditional fixed income (AGG, BND) is at a historic level of being overvalued," says Forward Management, explaining to investors why it's moved from about zero of their funds in stocks to about 50% over the last year. 5 Comments
Wednesday, May 1, 7:58 AM "There Will Be Haircuts," says Bill Gross (BOND), though for U.S. citizens maybe not as overt as what befell Cyprus depositors. "Trimming the bangs," "The Don Draper," "The Uncle Same Cut," and the "Dobbins" are the symbolic names Gross gives to bland stuff like negative real rates, inflation, and capital controls. 1 Comment
Tuesday, April 30, 1:47 PM PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund (BOND) announces monthly distribution of $0.210. 30-day yield of 2.52%. For shareholders of record May 02. Payable May 06. Ex-div date Apr. 30. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, April 22, 3:17 PM Pimco receives regulatory approval for 3 more credit-market ETFs. The Pimco Diversified Income ETF, Real Return ETF, and Low Duration ETF each have existing mutual fund counterparts, but don't expect the exchange-traded versions to be clones. says Pimco. Fans of the very popular Total Return ETF (BOND) already know this, as the ETF has beat its mutual fund namesake by about 300 bps over the last year. Comment! [Financials]
Monday, April 22, 11:34 AM Bill Gross channels Paul Krugman? "You've got to spend money," says the Bond King, arguing Europe and the U.K. have erred by pursuing fiscal austerity. "Bond investors want growth much like equity investors," he says. If austerity leads to recession, credit spreads will widen whether or not a country is able to print its own money. As of the end of March, Gross' BOND ETF had one-third of its assets in Treasurys, the highest level since July. 6 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, April 12, 12:46 PM More from Gundlach: Bond indexing has been a wonderful strategy for many years, but now the well-followed indexes (BND, AGG) have too short of a duration and are overloaded with Treasurys. The value is in non-traditional sectors like emerging markets (EMB), non-agency MBS, bank loans (BKLN), and global high yield (GHYG). 4 Comments [U.S. Economy, Financials]
Friday, April 12, 12:28 PM Fixed-income may not be being given away as it was in 2010, but there's still value, says Jeff Gundlach, scoffing at talk of a bond bubble. "Raise your hand" if you own Treasurys for yourself or a client, he asked a room full of advisors (none went up). Bonds are not "over-owned" in the U.S., he says, showing cash and fixed income make up a higher percentage of household financial assets in other countries. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Monday, April 8, 3:58 PM More from BlackRock's Rick Rieder (previous): He got caught wrong-footed on the yen, cutting his short bets just ahead of Thursday's BOJ announcement which sent the currency plunging. Nevertheless, he calls the BOJ program a big deal not just for Japan but as a prop to bond markets worldwide. With the Fed and BOJ buying up all in sight, fixed-income managers will be forced to widen their selection criteria. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, April 4, 9:12 AM Big news for the ETF industry, Pimco's Total Return ETF (BOND) received more inflows in March than the mutual fund from which it was spawned ($263M vs. $32M) - this despite the ETF having just $4.3B in AUM vs. nearly $300B for the mutual fund. Since inception a year ago, BOND has easily outperformed both the Total Return mutual fund and its fixed-income benchmarks (AGG, BND). Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, April 2, 12:54 PM Active management - typically a loser with stocks - worked well in fixed income in 2012, according to SPIVA which shows 70% of active managers in intermediate government bond funds beat their bogey (AGG, BNG), with the average return more than double the benchmark. Comment!
Monday, April 1, 4:08 PM PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund (BOND) announces monthly distribution of $0.180. 30-day yield of 2.04%. For shareholders of record Apr. 02. Payable Apr. 04. Ex-div date Mar. 28. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, April 1, 1:22 PM Princeton University's $17B endowment has moved entirely out of fixed income, instead building a 5.9% cash position due to a combination of "exceptionally low" Treasury yields, increased price risk, and decreased "insurance functionality." The fund had a tough last year, but has outperformed benchmarks handily over the last decade. Comment!
Friday, March 22, 10:25 AM The recently announced Market Vectors Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF THHY starts trading today. The fund invests in high-yield bonds, but hedges interest rate risk by shorting Treasurys. It comes with a high expense ratio of 1.45% as compared to similar funds HYLS (1.19%), GYLD and MINC (0.75%). Comment!
Friday, March 15, 10:53 AM Elevated bank capital requirements mean banks are holding much lower inventories of bonds than before the financial crisis compared with mutual fund bond holdings. That’s OK while investors keep pouring money into bonds, but WSJ's Richard Barley warns if sentiment turns because investors lose confidence in central bank and government policies, "then the situation could be ugly." (also) Comment! [Financials]

DeepValueLover
You'd have to be nuts for not AT LEAST looking at buying $JGBS or $JGBD. Japanese government bonds are gonna get killed. $BOND $SPY $GLD $C
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Stocks AND bonds at or near all-time highs? History shows that this WON'T end well! $SPY $AAPL $FB $BOND $HYG $IWM $AGG $BAC $NOK $RIMM
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Systembolaget: DVL, history only shows history, remember?
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mitrado: True! Otherwise this would be an amazing day to buy $AAPL, $HPQ and $NOK. As it is, better to wait for a possible market correction / crash.
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Brian Nametko
I bought some $BOND today. First and only fixed income security I plan on holding for now. I trust Bill Gross's investment decisions.
Mar 12, 3:40 PM
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Vertical Spread
Currently holding ARR, BOND, PHT, PMX, PHF, EIM, EOI, EVN, and PHK (ouch!) for income. Also IAU, XLF.
10/16/12
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Bought more IAU and started buying BOND.
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jaykayel
I've found a perfect combo for these choppy times: BOND, MLPL, LINE, and cash.
7/6/12
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Rubenov: Sdyl good monthly divi payer as well
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detto
IRELAND RETURNS TO THE BOND MARKETS, SOLD A LOT OF BONDS. But...but...I thought things were bad in Europe...LMAO at zerohedge!!!!
7/5/12
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DaLatin: los, let him enjoy himself ! Were all here for the joy of it !
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neobliviscar: To put an asterisk on it, a third of Dublin is 1st gen Eastern European immigrants. Not really so Irish anymore.
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IRELAND RETURNS TO THE BOND MARKETS, SOLD A LOT OF BONDS. But...but...I thought things were bad in Europe...LMAO at zerohedge!!!!
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The_American
GLD SLV may have bottomed now we may see a rally in USO OIL DIG NUGT which will help PMs along with $$ flows out of USD if EUO BOND Created
6/29/12
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The_American: Not in TV headlines but $$$ flows went into the EU and look at EUO which has come down Euro has gone up USD came down GLD broke 1600 SLV up
7/3/12
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The_American: Not in TV headlines but $$$ flows went into the EU and look at EUO which has come down Euro up USD came down NUGT GLD broke 1600 SLV up
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BOND http://bloom.bg/JVjKKu TLT
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DeepValueLover
You'd have to be nuts for not AT LEAST looking at buying $JGBS or $JGBD. Japanese government bonds are gonna get killed. $BOND $SPY $GLD $C
Apr 7, 5:04 PM
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dibo: can you elaborate please
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DeepValueLover
Stocks AND bonds at or near all-time highs? History shows that this WON'T end well! $SPY $AAPL $FB $BOND $HYG $IWM $AGG $BAC $NOK $RIMM
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Systembolaget: DVL, history only shows history, remember?
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jaykayel
I've found a perfect combo for these choppy times: BOND, MLPL, LINE, and cash.
7/6/12
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Rubenov: Sdyl good monthly divi payer as well
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detto
IRELAND RETURNS TO THE BOND MARKETS, SOLD A LOT OF BONDS. But...but...I thought things were bad in Europe...LMAO at zerohedge!!!!
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DaLatin: los, let him enjoy himself ! Were all here for the joy of it !
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The_American
GLD SLV may have bottomed now we may see a rally in USO OIL DIG NUGT which will help PMs along with $$ flows out of USD if EUO BOND Created
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The_American: Not in TV headlines but $$$ flows went into the EU and look at EUO which has come down Euro has gone up USD came down GLD broke 1600 SLV up
7/3/12
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The_American: Not in TV headlines but $$$ flows went into the EU and look at EUO which has come down Euro up USD came down NUGT GLD broke 1600 SLV up
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XPP
What is a EURO BOND? When your wife maxed out all your credit cards and you are bankrupt,then you give her more credit cards.
6/7/12
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jdub2788: it allows govt to keep borrowing b/c interest rates have cut them off. It uses a more broad based population to soak in debt as collateral.
6/8/12
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XPP: you must have went to Harvard .. I suggest watching Back To School with Rodney Dangerfield.and see just how things get done.
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JGNorman
Bill Gross BOND on Government Spending. http://bloom.bg/upK1Jv
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Chines33: Bill Gross has been horrific on his calls this year..Doug Kass like.
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