Pimco Planning $1 Billion Fund to Buy Past-Due Debt

Pacific Investment Management Co., the manager of the world’s largest bond fund, plans to launch a fund worth at least $1 billion to buy distressed loans from banks.

The fund will buy up past-due debt including commercial and residential mortgage loan…

Is the ‘New Normal’ Slow Growth? Not Necessarily

Despite the pessimistic taking hold, a growing roster of high-profile money managers are balking at at this theme, arguing that it’s wrong-headed and self-defeating. Plus, good money can still be made in the markets.
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Pimco’s Bill Gross: The Days of 10% Returns Are Gone

How can investors earn double-digit returns? According to bond guru Bill Gross, they probably can’t: “A future of low investment returns, and a heap of trouble for those expecting more, is what lies ahead,” Gross warns in his l…