(This report and the data within were published on our marketplace service, Yield Hunting on September 24th)
PIMCO released their monthly UNII report after last month's Argentina debacle removed some of the luster to the prestigious firm's shine. In the last couple of weeks, we've seen the reflation trade reappear- a trade that PIMCO had played perfectly for the last two-plus years. They had interest rate swaps on that hedged both leverage costs and on rising rates on the long-end. Decent economic data here in the U.S. along with rising optimism that we would see