PKO News and Press, Pimco Income Opportunity Fund of Beneficial Interest From 04/27/21

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 ...

Nineteen out of 23 CEF sectors are positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. THW rights offering concludes and was undersubscribed. GUT's and CLM/CRF's rights offerings commentary. IRR will liquidate in another Saba victory, while IID was successful...

The most recent UNII report showed continued deterioration in the coverage ratios and UNII values of the taxable funds. Coverage ratios were weaker on the taxable side in part because of a weaker dollar relative to the pound. Muni CEF coverage remains very strong. I'm concerned ab...

DLY launched at the beginning of 2020, just in time for the COVID-induced panic selling. Since that time, the fund has clawed back and headed higher. The fund pays an attractive monthly distribution and is traded at a discount, though is not substantially undervalued either. T...

Investors chasing small and mid-size value stocks are causing yields to decline for fixed income investments. I have reduced holdings into core investments surviving the pandemic. Portfolio Online Tracker, POT5.8 update, charts in this article come from the tracker. For furt...

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...

Global PMI highest since August 2014. Manufacturing reports robust expansion despite supply delays, services boosted by easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Consumer services show signs of steadying after steep downturn. US leads upturn, Brazil lags. For further details see:...

The latest PIMCO fund to launch from the top fixed-income sponsor. As it seems with about all of their funds, it is another multi-sector bond fund. This flexibility allows them to invest where they want and however they want to. The only seeming twist here is that it is a term...

Dollar cost averaging (DCA) makes it possible to build an equity position or a portfolio incrementally as you have money available. This strategy also minimizes the risk from a sell-off by spreading purchases over time. Conversely, lump sum investing immediately exposes the entire...