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PIMCO Total Return: ETF Or Mutual Fund?Tom Lydon • Wed, May 16, 2012
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Did The Bond Bubble Burst?Keith Springer • Wed, Jun 19 -
Assessing Muni Bond ETF RisksDavid Fabian • Wed, Jun 19 -
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​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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- Thursday, June 20, 8:09 AM The market's take on the Fed yesterday is inline with Jon Hilsenrath's who says the central bank's more optimistic economic projections opens the door to the end of QE within a year. Bill Gross (BOND) says the market's got it all wrong, focusing on rising growth and employment projections, but ignoring falling inflation estimates. "Those selling Treasurys (TLT, TBT) in anticipation the Fed will ease out of the market might be disappointed." 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- 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]
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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. - View all 0 replies
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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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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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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. -
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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Chines33: Bill Gross has been horrific on his calls this year..Doug Kass like. -