PCN News and Press, Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund From 06/23/21

My overall portfolio consists of 24 stocks divided into two income portfolios, Cupolone and Giotto, the first entirely dedicated to CEFs and the second to ETFs and ETNs. I recently reduced my Cupolone Income Portfolio by closing my position in PKO and redistributing part of the procee...

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...

IHS Markit's PMI business surveys showed the economic recovery gaining momentum in May as output growth accelerated to the fastest for 15 years. Although growth of new orders accelerated globally in May to reach the highest since 2006, employment growth slowed marginally compared to A...

Diminishing economic uncertainty from COVID-19 should give rise to expectations of a normalisation of monetary and fiscal policy during 2022. Although there has been much discussion on the prospect of rapidly rising inflation, we believe growth risks remain paramount for equity invest...

CEF mergers have been running at a fast clip over the past year, likely in response to growing fund expenses as a proportion of portfolio yields. Combined with high premium valuations as well as a divergence in valuations, mergers present a risk for CEF shareholders due to the potenti...

All of the CEFs in my income portfolio continue to grow; in some cases, they have already exceeded their previous three-year highs. On one hand, the awareness that large sectors of the economy have yet to restart gives hope for further market growth. On the other hand, with some s...

As well as financing escalating government deficits, central banks face an additional problem of replacing contracting bank credit to the non-financial private sector if a slump is to be avoided. Banks are already reducing their credit allocations to the non-financial private sector. ...

Near-record supply chain disruption has led to fastest rise in global input prices since August 2008. Higher costs were passed through to clients at sharpest pace for over a decade in March. Shipping delays, elevated transport costs and higher commodity prices likely to feed throu...

Tying together our previous coverage of mistakes and misunderstandings related to taxes. We now dive into the benefits (or not beneficial) of the different tax breakdowns. Taxes can be as unique as investors' investment approach, meaning that they can be highly individualized for ...

Global PMI signals fastest rise in firms' input costs since 2008. Charges for goods and services both rise at steepest rates in PMI survey history. US sees sharpest price hikes, led by rising prices for consumer goods. For further details see: Global Price Gauge Hits New...