MINT News and Press, PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund From 01/02/20

Reflections on 2019 This past year was defined by both extreme fear and extreme greed. Beginning the year in the wake of a ~20% correction in stocks, fear dominated the investment community. Widespread proclamations from prominent investors that a new bear market was upon us could be heard...

In medieval times, when the bubonic plague was ravaging Europe, so-called doctors donned outfits as terrifying as the diseases they attempted to treat. The outfits looked something like this: Image Source In those days, the widely accepted theory among physicians was that disease was s...

On December 11, investment manager Jeffrey Gundlach was asked by CNBC to name what area of the bond market still looked very interesting to him? Without missing a beat, Gundlach stated that mortgage bonds are still attractive, especially when you compare them to other areas of the bond marke...

Each week I start my market research for clients and subscribers of Seeking Alpha by checking out the fund flow data, and key market sentiment indicators. The old adage is to take a contrarian approach to what the retail investor is doing, as usually they are misguided. When looking at the rec...

Author's note : This article was initially released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Nov. 7, 2019. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence...

The PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF ( MINT ) is one of the largest, most popular ultra-low risk and duration funds in the market today. It is a reasonably good investment opportunity for investors looking for cash, savings account, or CD alternatives, and compares somewhat favorably t...

The PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF (NYSE: MINT ) focuses on short-duration investment-grade debt securities with a goal of achieving a higher yield and total return potential compared to traditional cash investments. This fund is for investors seeking a combination of capital p...

It seems that the 2010-2020 era will go down in history as the "great hunt for yield." Traditional fixed-income investments like sovereign bonds pay a historically low yield (perhaps a 5,000-year low yield to be exact). This is largely because global central banks have kept rates below their...

In the past week or so, I noticed a distinct shift in the performance of the various stock sectors. Quite simply, the market is backing off of defensive sectors such as real estate, utilities, telecommunications, and consumer staples, while momentum has picked up with the cyclical sectors su...

Savers sometimes do not know about the alternative options they have when it comes to finding homes for their short-term cash. One option that was brought to my attention from a loyal reader was Prudential Financial's Ultra Short Bond ETF ( PULS ). Not knowing about this ETF, I went ahead and ...