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The last few months have seen big shifts in key drivers of CEF earnings such as short-term rates and leverage levels. In this article we take a look at one small but important part of the CEF market - auction-rate preferred securities or ARPS. These instruments have historically been used by C...
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 thought would be a decent buy during the sell-off, but my timing was much too early. While PFN has rebounded nicely off its low, I am now a bit more cautiou...
(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on May 26th.) Branding matters. Think of this. In the 1980s, PepsiCo ( PEP ) began running commercials with The Pepsi Challenge, where people would try two colas as a taste test and select which they liked better. Not surprisingly, Pepsi ...
Over the last few months we have tracked the leverage shifts across the PIMCO municipal and taxable CEFs. The key reason for this is three-fold. First, PIMCO funds are some of the most nimble movers across the fund space both in terms of underlying portfolio allocations as well as shifts in ri...
Over the last few weeks and across a number of articles we have been focused on the changes in leverage of PIMCO CEFs. Our view has been that changes in borrowings are key drivers of fund earnings and, by extension, distribution sustainability. Today we saw three taxable CEFs cut their distrib...
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In our previous articles on PIMCO CEFs, we discussed how these funds have deleveraged in March to varying degrees due to already elevated leverage levels and sharply falling NAVs. April saw continued deleveraging across a number of taxable funds with some funds playing catch-up while other fun...
The last few weeks have seen enormous volatility across financial markets. The CEF space has been particularly hard hit due to the funds' use of leverage alongside sharply widening discounts. Increased volatility tends to go along with increased dispersion, which can open up both tactical and ...
Co-produced with Beyond Saving The PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund ( PTY ) has long been one of our favorite fixed income funds. As of Friday, April 24, PTY is yielding an impressive 11.4% and that's without factoring in the frequent special dividends that PTY has at th...
Co-produced by Stanford Chemist As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on everyday life around the globe, central bankers around the world are trying to shore up their economies and provide relief. Unfortunately, throwing money at the situation and making moves that provide support to th...
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2024-05-03 13:44:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
NEW YORK, April 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund (NYSE: PCN), PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE: PHK), PIMCO Income Strategy Fund (NYSE: PFL), PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II (NYSE: PFN) and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE: PTY) (each, a “...
2024-04-13 21:40:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...