PCN News and Press, Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund From 03/03/21

PCN continues to deliver strong returns, coupled with an improving macro picture and the persistence of a high premium to NAV. Credit risk is not my primary concern for the high-yield sector, considering all the new cash that was raised under very low interest rates. However, duration...

Broadly-defined commodities were the clear leader last month. US and foreign stocks also posted solid gains as did real estate investment trusts. The overall trend for markets was bullish last month, based on the Global Market Index (GMI). For further details see: Major ...

We take a look at the PIMCO CEF leverage and coverage numbers for December. Overall, December was a pretty good month for shareholders as coverage increased across the board, NAV gains exceeded distributions while PIMCO took aggregate leverage lower to reflect less attractive valuatio...

Not all funds were forced to cut distributions during market panics. Today's list is of funds that have been paying the same or more regular distribution for a long time. These funds will now have made it through two different market panics, albeit the 2020 panic was much more brief. ...

At WisdomTree, we think there is a unique opportunity presented in developed markets-one best accessed through a quality- and dividend growth-focused framework. In 2015, we launched the WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG), which seeks to track the Wisdo...

Stocks in emerging markets continued to lead the major asset classes in January as the top monthly performer. Emerging markets shares have been up for four straight months, pushing this slice of the world's equities to a wide one-year lead of nearly 28%. US stocks are posting the ...

Despite suffering steeper losses in the March panic and again in the September/October correction, the Russell 1000 finished 2020 with a threefold lead over its global peers (up 21% versus 6.8%, respectively). As was the case globally, P/E multiple expansion, rather than dividend or f...

Last year was tough for everyone, including investors. Staying afloat in the financial markets involved considerable effort. Having reached the end of a troubled 2020, it is time to take stock of how the funds in my portfolio performed. With one exception, all 14 CEFs in my portfo...

Asset valuations, in themselves, cannot tell us when bubbles will burst, but they suggest when we are witnessing them and the depth of liquidation coming on the other side. Today, equities, corporate and many sovereign bonds (and the funds and ETFs that hold them) are more extremely p...

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...