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Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate the PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund ( PKO ) as an investment option at its current market price. This is a fund I continue to prefer when it comes to PIMCO CEFs, although my outlook is starting to get a bit more neutral on the fund. There ...
If there was any doubt about the intention and ability of PIMCO CEF to generate strong earnings going forward, it was partly put to rest with the strong level of borrowing activity in June. Taxable CEFs added $332m in leverage outstanding - by far the biggest monthly figure this year. Although...
Co-produced with Beyond Saving The unknown creates both risk and opportunity for investors. It's the unpleasant surprises that can lead to losses, while at the same time, the fear of the unknown frequently causes investments to be priced lower than the actual risk calls for. We've all ...
(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on June 18.) The monthly update on PIMCO CEFs came out this week without much changes to the figures. Overall, we think the report was relatively benign and continues to signal the same result: Nothing to be afraid of here. However...
By Jill Mislinski All eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through July 6, 2020. The top performer is our own S&P 500 with a loss of 1.58%. China's Shanghai is in second with a loss of 2.15% and in third is Tokyo's Nikkei 225 with a loss of 3.98%. Coming in last is Londo...
I was a child in the Sixties when many of my friends, who were some years older than me, were seized by "Beatlemania." They listened non-stop to 45 rpm records of Beatles' hits using portable record players purchased by their parents. Some of them stopped eating, stopped sleeping; all they wan...
Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on June 22, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's "Quality" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus close...
According to CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, World Exports (Volume) experienced a significant decline in April, down 16.8% YoY, registering their highest contraction since May 2009 (-19%). While EM exports fell by 'only' 6.5%, they experienced a titanic drop of 24.8% in ad...
The last few months have seen large shifts across many drivers of CEF performance such as asset prices, interest rates, leverage costs, borrowing levels and others. Over the last few months, we have explored different aspects of fund earnings drivers separately across both taxable and municipa...
With the May PIMCO coverage figures out on Wednesday, we take this opportunity to follow-up on our previous article on PIMCO muni CEFs to quickly touch on the action in the broader suite of funds. Investors who don't play in the PIMCO space should still hopefully find this article relevant. In...
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NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The reorganizations of each of PIMCO Dynamic Credit & Mortgage Income Fund (“PCI”) (NYSE: PCI) and PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (“PKO”) (NYSE: PKO) with and into PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund (“PDI”) (NYS...
NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boards of Trustees of the PIMCO closed-end funds below (each, a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”) have declared a distribution for each Fund’s common shares as summarized below. The distributions a...
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The previously-announced contemplated reorganizations of each of PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund (“PCI”) and PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (“PKO”) (NYSE: PKO) with and into PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund ( ...