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At PIMCO, we know that information is key to making successful investment decisions. Our investment education series covers a range of themes, including fundamental financial concepts, timely global investment strategies and macroeconomic trends.

Investment Education Resources

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Allocating across a broad range of global sectors and asset classes can help enhance return potential and moderate overall portfolio volatility. Learn about our risk-factor-based approach to asset allocation and the factors that investors should consider when deciding where to invest.

The Benefits of a Diversified Portfolio

See how the year-to-year movement of the markets demonstrate the importance of maintaining a diversified portfolio.

The Benefits of Staying Invested

Investors are more likely to reach their long-term goals if they remain invested and avoid short-term decisions that may take them off course.

Prepare for Economic Changes with a Broader Allocation

Learn how a diversified portfolio can be prepared for a number of economic scenarios.

Currencies

The currency market is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world. Currencies like the U.S. dollar, the British pound and the euro trade in the foreign exchange (FX) market 24 hours a day, fluctuating in value relative to each other almost constantly – and there are several paths to potential profits in the FX market.

Risk factor diversification

Learn about risk factors and the benefits of applying risk factor-based diversification to your portfolio.

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Bonds offer the potential for regular income, preservation of capital and portfolio diversification, and can also serve as a hedge against riskier asset classes, particularly in times of economic uncertainty. Learn about the benefits of a diversified global bond portfolio and the broad array of sectors from which investors can choose.

Credit Default Swaps

Originally formed to provide banks with the means to transfer credit exposure, CDS has grown as an active portfolio management tool. The performance of CDS, like that of corporate bonds, is closely related to changes in credit spreads. This makes them an effective tool for hedging risk, and efficiently taking credit exposure.

Corporate Bonds

After government bonds, the corporate bond market is the largest section of the global bond universe. With a vast array of maturities, yields and credit quality available, investing in corporate bonds has the potential to provide higher yields than government bonds and diversification benefits for investors.

Understanding the De Minimis Tax Rule

Tax risk within the tax-exempt market escalates in a rising rate environment. Buying premium bonds is one way PIMCO seeks to help protect client portfolios from this risk.

Understanding Premium Municipal Bonds

Municipal bonds priced at a premium often provide the same return as par bonds that have the same credit quality and structure – with the added potential benefit of higher cash flows and lower market volatility.

Investing in a Negative Interest Rate World

How do negative interest rates work?

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Complementary asset classes and investment strategies can potentially provide an overall risk and reward balance in a portfolio over the long term. Explore these select topics to learn more about the ever-expanding range of investment choices available today.

Benchmarks

A benchmark serves a crucial role in investing. Often a market index, a benchmark typically provides a starting point for a portfolio manager to construct a portfolio and directs how that portfolio should be managed on an ongoing basis from the perspectives of both risk and return. It also allows investors to gauge the relative performance of their portfolios.

Managed Futures Strategies: Inside the “Black Box”

Momentum, trend-following, managed futures - are terms that can seem intimidating and opaque for many investors. But, while these types of investment strategies may be less familiar than traditional strategies, they can be quite intuitive and offer attractive diversification and return potential that is worth getting to know.

Evaluating the Cost of Customizing Municipal Bond Portfolios

In some instances, investors’ determination to pay as little tax as possible may cause them to sacrifice the potential for higher after-tax returns. At PIMCO, our muni strategies focus on maximizing after-tax returns rather than simply minimizing taxes.

The Benefits of Staying Invested

Investors are more likely to reach their long-term goals if they remain invested and avoid short-term decisions that may take them off course.

Prepare for Economic Changes with a Broader Allocation

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Understanding the impact that volatility and severe market shocks can have on long-term returns, and planning accordingly, should be an important consideration in investment decision-making. Learn how investors can proactively guard their portfolios against these risks and their potentially disastrous outcomes.

Risk factor diversification

Learn about risk factors and the benefits of applying risk factor-based diversification to your portfolio.

Stepping Up the Risk/Reward Spectrum

See how various investments offer incremental opportunities for potential returns while still mitigating market risks.

Tail Risk: The Cost of Recovery

See how challenging it may be to recover from a major portfolio decline.

Understanding Tail Risk

Learn about “tail risk” and how portfolios can be managed to minimize losses without curtailing growth.

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Over time, inflation erodes investment returns and reduces the purchasing power of savings, posing a significant threat to long-term financial goals. Inflation can also spike unexpectedly, defying the predictions of even the most seasoned professionals. Learn about the historical impact of inflation and ways investors can hedge their portfolios against this threat.