Barrons Roundtable: Bill Gross
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Bill Gross is one of the world's largest mutual fund managers, focusing mostly on bonds. Called "the nation's most prominent bond investor" by the New York Times, he manages Pacific Investment Management (PIMCO) Total Return bond fund.

He has often been referred to as "the Warren Buffett of the bond world". Gross has had an average gain of around 8.3% for the past ten years.

In Barron's Roundtable from 1-22-07, he gave us his new picks and commenented:

"My selections are predicated to a considerable extent upon the premise that the Federal Reserve will be lowering interest rates by midyear, and that interest rates on the longer end of the Treasury yield curve will be a function of asset allocations by relatively price-insensitive foreign central banks and reserve accumulators."

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  • EFA
    Ishares Msci Eafe
  • $55.21
  • -2.88%
  • $54.52

"It encompasses all markets other than the U.S., and is denominated in non-dollar currencies. This is an index fund of a thousand stocks."

People owning EFA also tend to own: AAPLBACBBYBGTCSCOCTSHDEO

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  • RCS
    Pimco Str Glb Gvt
  • $10.4206
  • -0.19%
  • $10.15

"My second pick is a plain, old-fashioned Pimco closed-end fund, Pimco Strategic Global Government Fund [RCS]...Pimco Strategic Global Government is a plain-vanilla, triple-A-type government fund. "

People owning RCS also tend to own: BGFDRYOXYRADTMAEFAFRA

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  • FRA
    Blackrock Floatin
  • $13.71
  • -0.80%
  • $13.70

"the fund sells at a 6% discount to net asset value. You are buying a portfolio of loans initiated by banks and then sold, in this case to BlackRock, at a 6% discount. I prefer to buy this at a 10% discount, but 6% isn't bad for a floating-rate closed-end fund.

People owning FRA also tend to own: EFAJBH07.CMERCSACGLAIMCAPAAPOL

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