PCN News and Press, Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund From 07/14/20

If there was any doubt about the intention and ability of PIMCO CEF to generate strong earnings going forward, it was partly put to rest with the strong level of borrowing activity in June. Taxable CEFs added $332m in leverage outstanding - by far the biggest monthly figure this year. Although...

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(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on June 18.) The monthly update on PIMCO CEFs came out this week without much changes to the figures. Overall, we think the report was relatively benign and continues to signal the same result: Nothing to be afraid of here. However...

By Jill Mislinski All eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through July 6, 2020. The top performer is our own S&P 500 with a loss of 1.58%. China's Shanghai is in second with a loss of 2.15% and in third is Tokyo's Nikkei 225 with a loss of 3.98%. Coming in last is Londo...

The last few months have seen big shifts in key drivers of CEF earnings such as short-term rates and leverage levels. In this article we take a look at one small but important part of the CEF market - auction-rate preferred securities or ARPS. These instruments have historically been used by C...

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According to CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, World Exports (Volume) experienced a significant decline in April, down 16.8% YoY, registering their highest contraction since May 2009 (-19%). While EM exports fell by 'only' 6.5%, they experienced a titanic drop of 24.8% in ad...

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(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on May 26th.) Branding matters. Think of this. In the 1980s, PepsiCo ( PEP ) began running commercials with The Pepsi Challenge, where people would try two colas as a taste test and select which they liked better. Not surprisingly, Pepsi ...

Over the last few weeks and across a number of articles we have been focused on the changes in leverage of PIMCO CEFs. Our view has been that changes in borrowings are key drivers of fund earnings and, by extension, distribution sustainability. Today we saw three taxable CEFs cut their distrib...