PFN News and Press, PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II From 04/01/20

NEW YORK, April 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boards of Trustees/Directors of the PIMCO closed-end funds (each, a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”) have declared a monthly distribution for each Fund’s common shares as summarized below. The distribu...

Normally I wait until after the end of the quarter to report on our Income Factory's performance, but I know that every day counts for readers making decisions about their own portfolios who want as many viewpoints as possible. And besides, waiting a few more days until the end of the month wo...

Is now the time to buy? For the last year or so we have attempted to invest conservatively, focusing on U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, as well as very high credit quality securities in corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. We tried to stay on the sidelines of risk as much as ...

Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate the PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II ( PFN ) as an investment option. PFN is a fund I expressed some general caution on towards the end of last year, and that outlook has proved correct with time. However, the upside to the recent sell-off ...

Co-produced with Trapping Value We have recently made it a point to prepare investors to understand the risks of investing near market potential peaks. Passively moving into index funds carries an above average risk in our view, especially with the markets stretched near all-time highs...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist SEC form N-2 is an important form to watch out for when a closed-end fund files with the SEC. This form must be submitted by any CEF when they register to offer shares. This is either through a primary offering or a secondary offering. We had covered this...

The discount dynamic of closed-end funds adds an interesting second layer of potential alpha for fund investors. Just as investors look at valuations of underlying asset classes to guide their allocation decisions, they should and do consider the discount valuations of closed-end funds themsel...

This article was originally published on December 2nd, 2019. Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund ( FOF ) is a pretty popular go-to fund of funds, investing in other CEFs and ETFs. This can be a convenient fund for those that may not want to actively manage their CEF portfolio an...

This article was originally published on October 29, 2019. Most closed-end fund investors know that distribution cuts come with the nature of the closed-end fund's structure. The fact is that when a fund is paying out 90% of their NII and 98% of their realized capital gains on an annual ba...

Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate the PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II (PFN) as an investment option. PFN is a fund I have recommended many times, but moved to a more cautious stance in my last review. This time around, I believe that caution is still warranted. For one, th...