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Quantitative Analysis
PIMCO has relied on quantitative strategies combined with fundamental analysis to drive alpha in fixed income for three decades.
Active portfolio management is a daily effort that starts with input from our Investment Committee, composed of the firm's CIOs and most senior investment professionals, as well as rotating members and guest speakers to help ensure diversity of thought.
The Investment Committee meets four days a week, for two hours a day to distill the long- and shorter-term views developed at our economic forums into specific investment risk targets which serve as parameters for every PIMCO investment portfolio.
Four times a year, 965+ PIMCO investment professionals from around the world gather to discuss and debate the state of global markets and the economy in order to identify trends that will have important investment implications going forward – like we have for 40 years of PIMCO Forums.
The annual Secular Forum discussions yield long-range investment themes that keep us on the right road while the Cyclical Forums, held three times a year, refine those views against the backdrop of more timely market and economic conditions.
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Disclosures
Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results.
All investments contain risk and may lose value. Investing in the bond market is subject to risks, including market, interest rate, issuer, credit, inflation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of most bonds and bond strategies are impacted by changes in interest rates. Bonds and bond strategies with longer durations tend to be more sensitive and volatile than those with shorter durations; bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise, and low interest rate environments increase this risk. Reductions in bond counterparty capacity may contribute to decreased market liquidity and increased price volatility. Bond investments may be worth more or less than the original cost when redeemed. 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.
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