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Pimco Income Fund, Run By Dan Ivascyn, Whipsawed By Big Bond Rally: (PONAX)

TedTed
edited August 2019 in Fund Discussions
FYI: Pimco group chief investment officer Dan Ivascyn’s Pimco Income Fund, the largest actively managed bond fund with assets of more than $130 billion, is lagging 93 percent of its category so far this year, according to Morningstar data as of Saturday.

Several macro trades have hurt the fund’s performance so far this year: its underweight position in Treasuries and corporate credit risk and its heavy exposure to mortgages.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-pimco-ivascyn/pimco-income-fund-run-by-dan-ivascyn-whipsawed-by-big-bond-rally-idUSKCN1V9045

WSJ Article:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/market-tumult-stings-the-new-bond-king-11566151500

M* Snapshot PONAX:
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/xnas/ponax/quote

Lipper Snapshot PONAX:
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/ponax

PONAX Is Ranked #3 In The (MSB) Fund Category By U.S. News & World Report:
https://money.usnews.com/funds/mutual-funds/multisector-bond/pimco-income-fund/ponax

Comments

  • edited August 2019
    PONAX is one of eight holdings found in the income sleeve of my portfolio. I have no plans to sell this fund but plan to add to it on continued weakness. Seems, some of the best funds, from time to time, falter. This is one of my main reasons that I invest in a good number of funds as this spreads manager and strategy risk over a number of funds rather than a few. Year-to-date PONAX is the worst performer within its sleeve while over a three, five, and ten year period it is one of the sleeve's best. In addition, it sports a nice yield.
  • edited August 2019
    The nice returns and low volatility comes at a cost - sometimes under-performing peers.

    The WSJ entitled their article "Market Tumult Stings the New Bond King ". What happened to Jeffrey Gundlach, isn't he the Bond King, or was he already dethroned?

    https://youtu.be/n2GU8V9QlMw
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