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Our Approach
Client Focused Investment Style Philosophy

Our investment philosophy aims to achieve consistency through multiple trading strategies and cutting edge analysis.

A Consistent Performance Record
The achievement of our performance record can be attributed to several factors, including:
  • A conservative investment philosophy with a longer-term orientation
  • A history of innovation
  • An organizational structure that remains focused and flat
  • A staff with depth and continuity
PIMCO's Investment Philosophy
Our investment philosophy embodies three key principles:
  • We make major shifts in portfolio strategy based on long-term or secular trends, as opposed to short-term aberrations in interest rates
  • We seek to achieve consistent investment performance by avoiding extreme swings in either maturity or duration
  • Our emphasis is placed on attempting to add value through multiple, diversified strategies combined with volatility analytics, and adjustments to traditional variables such as sector, coupon and quality
Adding Value While Minimizing Risk
PIMCO's focus for seeking value emphasizes moderate risk-taking across multiple portfolio dimensions. We strive to exploit value from all techniques and sectors available, while taking moderate risk in each. Therefore, our potential sources of added value are well-diversified.


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