The Behavioral Science Edge
Behavioral Science at PIMCO
We always strive to give our clients an edge and achieve the best possible outcomes. And, we’ve long believed that behavioral science can make us better investors and help our clients make better investment decisions.
Investment Process
Partnering with behavioral finance experts, we integrate best practices throughout our investment process to improve collective and individual decision-making, amplify risk management, and publish behavioral insights.
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Improving Collective Decision Making
Amplifying Risk Management
Refining Individual Decision Making
Partnerships
Our long-term, collaborative partnership with the Roman Family Center for Decision Research (RF-CDR) at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business began in 2018, and continues to grow.
Our Partnership with the Roman Family Center for Decision Research (RF-CDR)
Through our innovative partnership with The Roman Family Center for Decision Research at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, we are committed to supporting diverse and robust research that contributes to a deeper understanding of human behavior and decision-making and helps empower leaders to make wiser choices in business and society.
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Understanding how we behave and the decisions we make are critical to building on PIMCO’s strong culture of investing excellence and creating a diverse, engaging workplace, so we are excited to partner on this groundbreaking approach.
– Emmanuel Roman
PIMCO is always looking for inputs and data which challenge our ideas and assumptions about investing and risk and the RF-CDR team can provide us world-class insight into behavioral analysis and trends which will make us a better active manager and stewards of our clients’ assets.
– Daniel J. Ivascyn
PIMCO Decision Research Laboratories: a Partnership of Academic and Investment Excellence
Through our partnership with RF-CDR, we advanced PIMCO Decision Research Labs, enabling RF-CDR researchers, leaders in their field, to further their research.
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Behavioral Insights
We publish behavioral insights and best practices to help our clients better understand the value it delivers and assist them in enhancing their own decision-making processes.
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Behavioral Science in Uncertain Times
During periods of extreme market volatility, investors often focus on short-term returns not long-term goals. Learn how advisors can help reduce negative consequences of emotional decision making by providing valuable guidance in this video.
As the European economy, particularly Germany, struggles with stagnant GDP and structural issues such as lagging technology and high energy prices, we see opportunities for fixed income investors.
It is not just tariffs that might affect inflation and growth but also trade uncertainty and the effects of the ambitious Trump policy agenda.
2025 Outlook: Bonds Are Better Positioned
Group CIO Dan Ivascyn underscores why high-quality bonds are better positioned for 2025, given their attractive yields and valuations relative to cash and equities.
Navigating Global Macro Risks in 2025
Explore the evolving risks and opportunities affecting global growth and inflation in our 2025 outlook with PIMCO economist Tiffany Wilding.
Amid ongoing uncertainty and volatility, Group CIO Dan Ivascyn explains why it’s important to focus on high quality, and how we’re leveraging global high yielding opportunities to help cushion portfolios against volatility and optimize returns.
The first trade skirmish of the second Trump administration has reverberated through global markets, highlighting the ongoing uncertainty in international trade relations.
ECB: Heading Towards Neutral
Despite still elevated domestic inflation, weak growth and inflation projected at target this year strengthen the case for further rate cuts.
With the highest policy rate among large developed countries, the U.K. has become an outlier, but we expect interest rates will fall by more than markets expect, with significant implications for gilt yields
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All investments contain risk and may lose value. Management risk is the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by PIMCO will not produce the desired results, and that certain policies or developments may affect the investment techniques available to PIMCO in connection with managing the strategy.
There is no guarantee that these investment Strategies will work under all market conditions Or are appropriate for all investors and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest for the long term, especially during periods of downturn in the market.
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