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BOND's 10% Annual Return Without Any Increased Risk: Will The Good Times Last?
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 23 • 27 Comments
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 • 25 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

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Did The Bond Bubble Burst?
Keith Springer • Wed, Jun 19
Assessing Muni Bond ETF Risks
David Fabian • Wed, Jun 19
Looking For The Sweet Spot On Macro Policy
James Picerno • Tue, Jun 11 • 1 Comment
A Major Market Turning Point May Be Struck Next Week
Eric Parnell • Mon, Jun 10 • 51 Comments
Hedge Your Bets With Discounted Convertible Bonds
Justin Kuepper • Thu, Jun 6 • 4 Comments
Retail Stock Investors: We Won't Get Fooled Again
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 24 • 102 Comments
PIMCO Set To Launch 3 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 • 5 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 • 2 Comments
How Can You Improve Returns On Your Idle Cash?
Martin Vlcek • Sun, Apr 14 • 4 Comments

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at MarketWatch.com (Mar 13, 2013)
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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)

BOND vs. ETF Alternatives

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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Tuesday, June 18, 8:54 AM "The biggest contrarian play in the market today is assets linked to China (FXI, CAF)," says Michael Hartnett, summarizing BAML's latest Fund Manager Survey, which shows money flowing out of commodities (DBC) and emerging markets (EEM, DEM, VWO). Where's the money going? The eurozone and the U.S. Where it's not going is fixed-income (AGG, BND) - 50% of managers say they're now underweight bonds as opposed to 38% last month. Comment!
Tuesday, June 11, 9:59 AM Apple's iBonds are showing up in the holdings of numerous bond ETFs, including total U.S. bond market ETFs like AGG and corporate bond ETFs like LAG - both tied to indexes. The paper is also held by corporate bond ETFs LQD, SCHZ, ITR, LWC, and SCPB. Notably not owing any of the debt are the Pimco IG Corporate Bond Index (CORP) and Bill Gross' Total Return ETF (BOND). Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, June 6, 3:26 PM Pimco's Total Return ETF (BOND) suffered the first monthly outflows in its 13-month life in May and has tacked on another $119M in fewer AUM in the first 5 days of June. The losses come as fixed-income in general skidded last month, but they're particularly noteworthy for BOND which went from nothing to $4.9B in AUM in just more than a year. Previous: The Total Return Fund sees outflows. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, June 4, 1:17 PM Fixed-income skittishness: Bill Gross' Total Return Fund - the world's largest bond fund - suffered its first monthly outflows since 2011 in May (2011 was the year Gross made an ill-timed short bet on Treasurys). The fund fell 2.15% last month, according to Morningstar. The ETF version of the fund (BOND) fell 2.4%. Benchmarks AGG (-2.2%), and BND (-2.1%) fared a bit better. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, June 4, 8:11 AM "Carry" is the "beating heart" of financial markets, writes Bill Gross (BOND), and central bank policies - by compressing yields - are killing it. "Our global financial system at the zero-bound is beginning to resemble a leukemia patient with New Age chemotherapy, desperately attempting to cure an economy that requires structural as opposed to monetary solutions ... Investors should look for a pacemaker to follow a less risky, lower returning but more life-sustaining push." 2 Comments [U.S. Economy, Financials]
Monday, June 3, 1:54 PM PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund (BOND) announces monthly distribution of $0.225. 30-day yield of 2.52%. For shareholders of record June 04. Payable June 06. Ex-div date May 31. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, May 31, 11:23 AM "Mr. Market may be a manic-depressive, but he is also patient," says Britt Harris, CIO of Texas' $117B Teacher Retirement System. "He always waits to move until he has just about all of us on the train." The market cycle is getting ripe, says Harris, but he's not worried long-term. "Unlevered debt (AGG, BND) is virtually useless now as a long-term wealth management accumulator ... The probability that equity (VTI) will outperform bonds over the next 10-20 years is probably unusually high." A great read for allocation fans. 1 Comment
Thursday, May 30, 8:11 AM Even as he publicly said the bond bull market was over, Bill Gross got caught with his duration a bit too long. Pimco's Total Return Fund is off 1.8% in May, ranking it in the bottom-5 percentile of its peer group. The ETF version (BOND) is off 2.2% vs. AGG and BND each off less than 2%. BOND remains ahead of its benchmarks YTD. 2 Comments [U.S. Economy, Financials]
Tuesday, May 28, 4:20 AM It was an ugly day in fixed-income - (TLT -2.6%), (LQD -1%) - the 10-year Treasury yield up 15 bps to a 13-month high of 2.16%. Maybe more troubling for those borrowing short and lending long is a 12 bp jump in the 5-year yield to 1.01% (its up from 0.65% in a month), and a 4 bp pop in the 2-year yield to 0.28%. It was shoot first, ask questions last for many income plays such as mREITs (MORT -2.8%), equity REITs (HCN, HCP), utilities, and leveraged income funds (PHK). Owners of the leveraged short Treasury Fund (TBT +5.3%) throw a party, now up 16% in a month. Comment! [U.S. Economy, Financials]
Thursday, May 23, 10:12 AM The ProShares High Yield-Interest Rate Hedged ETF (HYHG) starts trading today joining the likes of HYLS and THHY. The fund will short Treasurys to offset its exposure to high-yield corporate debt and comes with an expense ratio of 0.50% - significantly lower than THHY (1.45%) and HYLS (1.19%). Comment!
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]

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.
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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 $$$ flows went into the EU and look at EUO which has come down Euro up USD came down NUGT GLD broke 1600 SLV up
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BOND http://bloom.bg/JVjKKu TLT
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DeepValueLover
You'd have to be nuts for not AT LEAST looking at buying $JGBS or $JGBD. Japanese government bonds are gonna get killed. $BOND $SPY $GLD $C
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DeepValueLover
Stocks AND bonds at or near all-time highs? History shows that this WON'T end well! $SPY $AAPL $FB $BOND $HYG $IWM $AGG $BAC $NOK $RIMM
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Systembolaget: DVL, history only shows history, remember?
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mitrado: True! Otherwise this would be an amazing day to buy $AAPL, $HPQ and $NOK. As it is, better to wait for a possible market correction / crash.
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jaykayel
I've found a perfect combo for these choppy times: BOND, MLPL, LINE, and cash.
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Rubenov: Sdyl good monthly divi payer as well
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IRELAND RETURNS TO THE BOND MARKETS, SOLD A LOT OF BONDS. But...but...I thought things were bad in Europe...LMAO at zerohedge!!!!
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DaLatin: los, let him enjoy himself ! Were all here for the joy of it !
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The_American
GLD SLV may have bottomed now we may see a rally in USO OIL DIG NUGT which will help PMs along with $$ 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.
11/26/11
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