PFN News and Press, PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II From 09/01/21

NEW YORK, Sept. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boards of Trustees/Directors of the PIMCO closed-end funds below (each, a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”) have declared a monthly distribution for each Fund’s common shares as summarized below. The di...

Funds at the largest discounts don't necessarily make great investments, with several of the deepest discounted funds worth avoiding. Similarly, funds at large premiums don't necessarily make terrible investments either. One should consider other factors before buying or selling a...

PDI and PCI continue to have weak fundamentals. PDO continues to be the best buy in the space. PMX falls back to the buy-range. Since this article, PDO's valuation has skyrocketed above what we deem fair value.  Subsequently, coverage ratios for PCI and PDI have fallen dr...

Every month I add some positions to my portfolio and share the buys I've made. Too much cash in a portfolio for too long can lead to poor performance, so I personally stick around with 10 to 12% cash when markets are at or near all-time highs. I'm already in this cash range, so th...

Pimco Income Strategy Fund II (PFN) had declared $0.08/share monthly dividend, in line with previous.Payable May 3; for shareholders of record April 12; ex-div April 9.See PFN Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: Pimco Income Strategy Fun...

Markets remained quite lofty, though later in January we got some volatility to spice things up. Overall, still holding a considerable cash position to take advantage of any market correction when it comes. The broader indexes were heading higher for most of the month before pulli...

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...

The taxable PIMCO CEFs are still trading below 100% coverage thanks to the falling dollar. That could improve in January as the dollar has rebounded some. In this space, we continue to like RCS and PHK. PGP is a good S&P 500 proxy. Muni CEF coverage continues to get healthier....

PFN is still a reasonably priced high yield CEF from PIMCO and remains a fund I would favor for exposure to this space. Interest coverage ratios are improving across both the investment grade and non-investment-grade landscape, improving the outlook for bonds. The UNII report show...

We review October leverage figures for the PIMCO taxable suite. We find that fund borrowings decreased slightly, possibly due to already high leverage levels and tightening underlying asset valuations. We also look at the recent outperformance of funds with greater yield curve ste...