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Bill Gross is OUT of US Treasuries: Bill Gross, founder and co-chief investment officer of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Pacific Investment Management Co. has emptied Pimco’s Total Return Fund, the world’s biggest bond fund, of its U.S. government-related holdings, including Treasury debt, the company disclosed on Wednesday. Source: MarketWatch The Bond King has expressed concern about […]
In Bill Gross’ latest commentary, he wonders aloud who will buy Treasuries when the Fed stops QE2 at the end of June. What an unbiased observer must admit is that most of the publically issued $9 trillion of Treasury notes and bonds are now in the hands of foreign sovereigns and the Fed (60%) while […]
PIMCO’s Bill Gross today urged the US government to go “all in” in the nationalization of the mortgage finance system: Bloomberg reports: “To suggest that there’s a large place for private financing in the future of housing finance is unrealistic,” Gross said today at a U.S. Treasury Department conference in Washington. “Government is part of […]
Ever wonder what the hell takes the rating agencies so long? Today, leading credit agency Fitch downgraded Portugal’s debt amid “growing concerns about the government’s ability to service it’s borrowings.” Well – duh – increased borrowings coupled with decreasing tax revenues should raise concerns. What amazes me is that the Euro traded down today on […]
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