MINT News and Press, PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund From 07/15/21

In counter-cyclical investing, we want to buy CEFs when discounts are wide and sell them when discounts are tight. The problem we run into is that when we swap, we give up the upside of the NAVs should the bull market continue. We also give up higher income streams. The options be...

On a price-only basis, the S&P 500 Index is up over 91% since the March 23, 2020 low. Nearly halfway through 2021 and the S&P 500 Index is up a strong 14%. Additionally, when evaluating investor sentiment and equity fund flows, it does not appear investors are all-in on stocks...

Every few quarters, the repurchase (repo) market seems to experience a new event, with the ensuing headlines fostering a renewed awareness of the importance of this keystone of our financial system. One of the safety valves again being utilized by investors during this unprecedented e...

Since offshoring contributed to the long-term disinflationary trend, it would seem to make sense that reshoring would contribute to an inflationary trend. The "reshoring will lead to higher inflation" argument revolves around differences in labor costs, which are much higher in the US...

As the U.S. birth rate fell to a new low in 2020, it appears that COVID-19 and associated economic weakness/uncertainty has accelerated a preexisting trend of falling American fertility. If 2008-level fertility rates had persisted through 2020, 5.8 million more babies would have been ...

The three major market events or themes of 2021's first quarter all shared a common theme - short-term thinking overwhelming valuations. While the GameStop and Viacom moves were more isolated, they reflect similar dynamics to the reopening trade. For individual investors, knowing ...

Expectations for rising inflation and economic growth coming out of the pandemic has fueled surging stock prices and plummeting bond prices. But trillions of dollars of debt from unproductive spending has built up in the last year, which fundamentally impairs future economic growth. ...

As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, wreaking havoc, a financial pandemic has likewise proliferated around the world. Zombie companies, weak firms persistently unable to cover their fixed expenses with operating profits, massively increased in number in 2020. But zombie compan...

Money supply growth has soared in the last year, but that doesn't mean the trillions of dollars dumped onto consumers was used for consumption. Just like in short-term UBI experiments, the stimulus checks largely didn't alter people's spending habits but rather bolstered their savings...

With interest rates hovering just above zero, it's questionable whether bonds will continue to play their traditional role as income generators and portfolio stabilizers going forward. My preference is to lower one's allocation to bonds, and to stick only to ultra-short term bonds. ...