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Friday, December 16, 2011 Gross' Mea Culpa Fails to Stem Outflows "Bond King" Bill Gross humbled himself last month by admitting that he made a wrong bet on the bond market and has shaken up the PIMCO Total Return Fund [profile] portfolio, but those moves have failed to stem outflows reports Reuters. Morningstar editorial director Kevin McDevitt said the fund saw $500 million outflows in November. That number is not as large as seen in other months. Over the past 12 months shareholders have pulled a total of $17 billion. The outflows from Total Return came despite a strong wind at the back of the bond mutual fund sector as a whole. During November all taxable bond mutual funds reported inflows of $10.2 billion and a 12-month period inflow of $105.8. McDevvit said the California-based fun "has underperformed this year, and a lot of it goes back to (Gross's) misplaced bet on Treasuries." The "Bond King" wrote to his investors in October saying he is "just having a bad year" and apologized for his poor performance. Gross faced heavy criticism this year when he bet against the U.S. Treasuries, which subsequently performed strongly. Printed from: MFWire.com/story.asp?s=38608 Copyright 2011, InvestmentWires, Inc. All Rights Reserved |