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The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
PIMCO Walks on the Wild Side The bond firm plans to tackle riskier investments. But investors shouldn't start worrying yet.  |
Financial Advisor December 2005 Alan Lavine |
Playing Two Sides PIMCO's three-year-old StocksPlus Total Return Fund buys S&P 500 futures, then tries to beat the index with bonds.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Can Bill Gross Keep His Magic Touch? Investors piling into his flagship bond fund are missing cheaper opportunities.  |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Adrienne Carter |
Pushing Index Funds A Bit Higher Mutual funds that start with indexing and then tweak here and there to help increase returns.  |
Registered Rep. August 27, 2012 Stan Luxenberg |
Bill Gross' New Trick PIMCO's Total Return ETF has proven the skeptics wrong and outperformed the flagship fund that shares its strategy.  |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
The Only Investing Strategy for a Bear Market Investors should ask themselves: in this new "bear" reality, where no one knows which way the market is heading, what works and what doesn't and, most importantly, how can I protect my assets against further losses?  |
Registered Rep. January 3, 2008 John Churchill |
Morningstar's "Best Of 2007": A Dubious Distinction? Morningstar announces the three winners chosen as "Mutual Fund Managers of the Year." But with many studies showing one year's hot managers often don't perform as well the following year, is it a distinction anyone really wants?  |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Lewis Braham |
What's Inside Pimco? Pimco Total Return Fund is the world's biggest mutual fund. What's in its portfolio?  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth |
Unappealing Alternatives: Investors Flock to Alternative Mutual Funds and ETFs Investors have been flocking to alternative mutual funds and ETFs - and are being punished for it.  |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2007 Doug Short |
The Next Bear Market There's no official definition of a bear market, but most analysts reserve the designation for a 20% decline from a recent peak in a major index. There have been eight official bears since 1950; is the next one coming soon?  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Safe Harbor Bill Gross' Harbor Bond remains a good pick despite a (relatively) down year.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2013 Laton McCartney |
Money Flowing Into Bonds Fixed-income gained more ground, while the 14 best-performing equity mutual funds all focused on precious metals and enjoyed gains of more than 20%.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Double Plays When clients want a total return fund, it may be difficult for advisors to sort out the options. Determining what role a total return fund can play in a client's portfolio requires a deeper understanding of this confusing category.  |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Next Big Investing Fad Alternative funds are promising, but don't expect to recoup all your losses.  |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Why Even Bond Managers Hate Bonds It may be time to switch back to stocks.  |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Farnoosh Torabi |
On The Upside The economy may be heading downhill, but for short funds, things are looking up.  |
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 John F. Wasik |
The Case For Fixed Income Active Management Does it still make sense to have a high-profile, actively managed bond fund in your clients' portfolios?  |
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Charles Stein |
A Boom in Bonds Hurts Mutual Funds Investors' preference for bond funds has put pressure on earnings at companies that specialize in stock funds.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2013 Charles Paikert |
Mutual Funds Show a Boom Stock funds soar as grim forecasts prove overly pessimistic.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Foolish Weekly Fund Wrap-Up Bill Gross hears the bear's growl... 401(k) plans moving away from retail funds... Annual Russell rebalance...  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Are "Excellent" Funds Foolish? Part 4 This five-part series takes a closer look at the 24 funds highlighted in the 2007 Business Week/Standard & Poor's Excellence in Fund Management Awards. Intermediate-term bond champs... Second-best bond funds...  |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 Stan Luxenberg |
Beating The Bear Will active funds eventually wither away? Not likely. Actively run funds are alive and well, and many are beating the current bear market.  |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Shorting the Market With Inverse ETFs Here's another way for pessimists to profit.  |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios.  |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
More Top Investments for Your Retirement Cover your retirement bases with some familiar fund names: Vanguard 500 Index... State Street Global S&P 500 Index... American Funds EuroPacific Growth... PIMCO Total Return... American Funds Growth Fund of America...  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Are Bonds in a Bubble? Millions of Americans depend on the income from their bonds and bond funds to fund their golden years, so there could be lasting implications for scores of already battered investors if that bubble comes to pass.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Temma Ehrenfeld |
Indexing Works Even fans of index funds often believe they do worse than funds with active managers during bear markets.  |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hard Times for Junk Bonds High-yield bonds' time in the sun may be over. Although junk bonds may produce tempting returns, they should only be introduced strategically, and they should almost never account for a large portion of your investment.  |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Turn the Tables on the Lost Decade If you lost money during the last 10 years, you made a simple mistake. It's not enough to keep all your money invested in the same big companies.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Down But Not Out For mutual funds, 2008 was the year of the ebb tide: Long-term funds saw net outflows of $226 billion. The carnage continued in the first quarter of 2009, when an additional $43 billion flowed out of equity funds.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell |
Broker-Dealer Debuts at Pimco As the financial planning industry looks for new investment strategies that will also protect principal, bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co. aims to lead the way and, at the same time, become a major broker-dealer.  |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2011 Eric Dutram |
3 Short Treasury Bond ETFs to Invest Like Bill Gross These ETFs might make for intriguing plays in shorting the U.S. government bond market.  |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
2007's Big Surprise Mutual funds that invest in Treasury securities have put in an unexpectedly good performance in 2007, giving broader-market indexes a run for their money.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Ilana Polyak |
Fund Manager Profile: The Bad-News Bear The Prudent Bear's David Tice, a perennial short-seller, sees a whole lot of pain coming to the market. He wouldn't have it any other way. In his fund, Tice shorts about 100 individual stocks.  |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 David A. Geracioti |
The Bear Facts Are bear markets getting smaller? Take a look at these figures.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2011 Temma Ehrenfeld |
Outliving Your Money In a new study, T. Rowe Price draws this lesson from the last dismal decade: Retirees need to cut spending for about three years after bear markets.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2005 Robert Hertzberg |
Location, Location, Location Why real-estate funds were the right place for money in the second quarter... The love affair with current income continues... Investors have become increasingly focused on international securities... etc.  |
Registered Rep. June 28, 2010 Stan Luxenberg |
Investors More Sophisticated, but Still Buying and Selling at Wrong Times In recent years, shareholders have become smarter fund shoppers, said speakers at the Morningstar Investment Conference, which was held in Chicago last week.  |
Financial Advisor December 2004 Christopher P. Parr |
Look Mom! I Beat the S&P Again! Legg's Value Trust---relative fund superstar or absolute media hype?  |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Will Your Bond Fund Blow Up? Consider the risks.  |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2008 Amanda B. Kish |
Bill Gross to Investors: Run Away! Which segment of the market the world's largest bond fund is avoiding, and a look at bond ETFs.  |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Keene & Walker |
A Bond King Turns Bearish With interest rates likely to move higher, Pimco's Bill Gross says the long bull market for bonds is over.  |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Don't Trust the Rally in Financials Large short positions in the financial sector will act like lighter fluid poured on wet wood. Yes, the fire burns spectacularly for a short while, but in the end, all you get is smoke.  |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2008 Christopher Barker |
Close Your Ears to the Pied Piper The author assesses current market conditions, and takes issue with the mutual funds chosen in Money magazine's "The Only 7 Investments You Need."  |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Angelina Dance |
S&p Mutual Fund Sector Focus: The Global Itch? With the Federal Reserve continuing to raise short-term interest rates, while longer-term rates inexplicably remain low, some fixed-income investors are seeking alternative vehicles, including global bond funds.  |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad.  |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Richard Gibbons |
How to Build Wealth in Today's Market The market's volatile, but that volatility is bringing huge opportunities.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
When Safe Investments Aren't Particularly risk-averse investors have always assumed they had one safe haven: bonds. But those who consider bonds completely safe for their money can be unpleasantly surprised.  |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Sham Gad |
Don't Let Short-Selling Tempt You Frustrated by losses and a market that seems to show no immediate hope for quick gains, many investors may be tempted to try profiting from market declines by short-selling. Don't be one of them.  |
InternetNews May 3, 2007 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Another Hurdle Cleared The S&P clears a big milestone, but there's more to come.  |