PCN News and Press, Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund From 12/09/20

The relationship between risk and return is of fundamental importance when choosing and evaluating a financial investment. For generations, investors have believed that risk and return are inseparable, convinced that the higher the returns, the greater the risks. I recently read a...

I started my journey into the world of finance by exploring ETFs, then one day, by chance, I discovered the existence of CEFs. CEFs offered me the tools I was looking for, a consistent monthly flow of dividends that allowed me to achieve my financial goals. Over the years, I learn...

Coverage rebounded in September as the dollar rallied off the interim lows. We take a hard look at what the dollar is doing so far in October to forecast ratios. The PIMCO muni funds look fundamentally the healthiest they have been for many years now. The average coverage ratio is 106...

Almost one year ago, I built an income portfolio based on 15 closed-end funds (CEFs) that I judged to have the best net asset value (NAV) performance since inception. The distributions from almost all of my CEFs have remained intact despite the rivers of ink predicting massive cuts in...

PTY has proven to be one of the best fixed-income CEFs ever. Complexity creates opportunity and today's fixed-income market is full of it. There are plenty of hazards for retail investors. For further details see: PTY: Safest +9% Yield Cash Machine, Paid Monthly

Six of eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through September 28, 2020. The top performer is China's Shanghai with a gain of 5.49%. Coming in last is London's FTSE 100 with a loss of 21.41%. For further details see: World Markets Update: September 28, 2020...

The weak trend in global trade and growth will not be enough to support risky assets such as equities in the coming months. The recent 10%+ consolidation in equities clearly shows how vulnerable is the market currently 'without' central banks and governments' help. Leading indicat...

The Income Factory® has gained a lot more acceptance from the mainstream investment community since I first developed and shared the strategy and ideas behind it here on Seeking Alpha over the past decade. But judging by comments and questions, many readers and followers still find it to ...

A Sense of Freedom I love music. From the time I was a child, I always loved music. Although some of my friends played guitar, I never learned to play an instrument. However, I always listened to my audio cassettes when I was a teenager. Even today, I usually spend time in the company of goo...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving We recently wrote an article " Juicing Your Retirement Yield With CEFs " where we discussed the power of CEFs to provide your portfolio with a high-level of current income. One of the CEFs we highlighted in that article was the PIMCO Dynamic Credit Income ...