PML News and Press, Pimco Municipal Income Fund II of Beneficial Interest From 09/28/20

It seems that again the UNII report was affected by the fall in the US dollar which further reduced coverage ratios. So far in September, the dollar is up moderately, indicating that a rebound in coverage ratios is highly probable. PIMCO muni CEFs are for the first time in a long ...

In U.S. high yield bonds we find the riskiest of credits. I have some concerns about municipal bonds and am particularly concerned about municipal pension bonds. Our 'Borrower's Paradise' is also good news for many leveraged ETFs and closed-end funds. For further details see...

" Municipal bond investors have to share the burden in state bailouts " writes my colleague Josh Rauh, and he is exactly right. Background: State and local governments borrowed a lot of money and blew it. They borrowed further by not funding their pensions. Now Covid comes along, people are ...

At the end of July, Moody's Investors Service released its annual municipal bond market snapshot, US municipal bond defaults and recoveries, 1970-2019, with updates through 2019. The report continues to affirm two hallmark benefits offered by muni bonds. First, municipal defaults and bankruptc...

New York (September 15) - One of the more troubling admissions of Federal Reserve Chair Powell at his speech last month was his acknowledgement that "r-star" (r*), or the "natural" rate of interest, had fallen by some 50% since 2012. As Chair Powell described it: This rate (the r*rate) ...

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Coverage and UNII Update The new report came out with a lot of questions surrounding the low coverage ratios. It led to a significant sell off in some of the funds: PIMCO Income Opp ( PKO ): -2.66% PIMCO Dynamic Income ( PDI ): -1.58% PIMCO Dynamic Credit & Mort ( PCI ): -0.63%...

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PIMCO recently released their July distribution coverage figures, creating a lot of consternation in the income investor community. In this article, we discuss some of the surprises of the release, particularly in the taxable space. We continue to maintain an allocation to the High Income Fund...

Author's note: This article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on July 21. Please check latest data before investing. Dear CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members, I would like to welcome the new members who have joined us recently. Newer members should check out the " Gett...