Bill Gross

Bill Gross Gives A 'Paranormal' Prediction

Posted 01.04.2012

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NEW YORK (Katya Wachtel) - Bill Gross, the manager of the world's largest bond fund, is sounding like a Wall Street ghost-hunter in his latest inv...

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World's Largest Bond Fund Sees Investors Leaving In 'Steady Stream'

Posted 12.17.2011

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NEW YORK (Jennifer Ablan and Matthew Goldstein) - Bill Gross's PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, keeps shrinking as investor...

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Meet The Social Network That Pays You To Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Social Startups, Social Startup, Chime.In, Bill Gross, Chimein, Ubermedia, Chime In, Technology News

While Facebook has earned billions of dollars selling ads next to the content uploaded by their 800 million members, users haven't seen a dime from th...

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Manager Of World's Largest Bond Fund: 'I'm Just Having A Bad Year'

Posted 12.16.2011

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NEW YORK (Jennifer Ablan) - Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, apologized to his investors late Friday for his poor performance...

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Bill Gross Ramps Up Buying Of Mortgage-Backed Securities

Posted 12.13.2011

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NEW YORK (Jennifer Ablan) - Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, ramped up buying of mortgage-backed securities in September on t...

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Sleepless From the Stock Market

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 11.06.2011

Security and comfort are difficult to find these days, and the stock market often moves "contrary to fact."

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Bill Gross: I Feel Like 'Crying' For Betting Against U.S. Debt

Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Pimco Debt, Pimco Treasuries, Bill Gross, US Debt, Federal Reserve, Financial TImes, Bill Gross Treasuries, Bill Gross Debt, Beer Bill Gross, Business News

Bill Gross, the manager of the world's largest bond fund, feels like "crying in his beer" for having bet so heavily against U.S. government-relate...

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Did Pimco Play a Role In S&P's Downgrade of U.S.Debt

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Allianz SE, Mohamed El-Erian, Politics, Cnbc, Bill Gross, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Moodys, Standard and Poors, Media, Pimco, Treasury Secretary Hank Paullson, Wall Street Journal, Tarp, Fitch, The Guardian, Business News

On Friday S&P downgraded U.S debt from AAA to AA+, the first such downgrade in the nation's history resulting in grave concerns over the outlook for the U.S. economy. Yet simultaneously they must have been popping champagne corks at Pimco.

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Bill Gross: U.S. Is At The 'Tipping Point' Of Recession

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.03.2011

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The economy hasn’t slipped into recession yet, but it may be at a “tipping point,” according to Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of the f...

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Bill Gross: 'Don't Mess With The Debt Ceiling'

Washington Post | Bill Gross | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Bond Market, Pimco, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Bill Gross, Debt Limit, 112th Congress, Timothy Geithner, US Treasury, Barack Obama, Business News

To raise or not to raise the debt ceiling; that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the slump and arrows of default today or in some distan...

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PIMCO Manager Bill Gross: Firm Was 'Never' Short On U.S. Treasuries

Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Total Return Fund, Pimco, Treasury Futures and Options, Bill Gross, U.S. Treasuries, Interest Rate Swaps, FDIC-Guaranteed Corporate Securities, Cnbc, Tips, Federal Reserve, Agencies, Business News

NEW YORK - PIMCO's Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, said on Monday it was a "misconception" the firm was short on U.S. Treasu...

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PIMCO: Only A Recession Would Stop Us From Shorting U.S. Bonds

Posted 07.06.2011

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PIMCO's Bill Gross, who runs the world's largest bond fund, said on Friday the only way he would reverse his "short" position on U.S. government-r...

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Is Twitter Playing Defense With New Purchase?

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Technology News, Twitter Buying Tweetdeck, Tweet Deck, Twitter, Tweetdeck, Bill Gross, Ubermedia, Twitter Tweetdeck, Technology News

Just weeks after the Wall Street Journal reported that TweetDeck was being purchased by Twitter, TweetDeck is back in the news again. This time, T...

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PIMCO Bets Against The Future Value Of U.S. Government Debt

Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: US Yield Curve, Pimco, Qe2, Bill Gross, Newport, Government Shutdown, Quantitative Easing, US Government Debttotal Return Fund, US Treasuries, Business News

PIMCO has shifted to a short position in U.S. government-related debt in the world's largest bond fund, while also raising cash holdings in a sign...

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WATCH: Don't Read Into PIMCO's Debt Dump

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Point View Financial Services, David Dietze, CRT Capital, Recovery, Unemployment, Government Debt, Pimco, Government Bonds, Bill Gross, David Ader, Treasury Bonds, Video, Business News

News of the world's biggest bond fund dumping U.S. government debt sparked fears on Wednesday that investors may have little faith in the recovery. ...

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June 30 Could Be The Ides Of March

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Pimco, Bill Gross, qe3, Business News

In a nutshell, the Fed's plan is to create a "wealth effect" by buying Treasuries. The theory here is as asset prices rise and consumers feel wealthier, they'll spend more, in turn helping to revitalize the economy.

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PIMCO CIO Urges 'Gradually' Cutting Deficit

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund manager, on Thursday urged lawmakers to cut the...

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Gross Returns for Bill Gross

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mutual Funds, Bill-Gross-Pimco, Pttrx, Fixed Income Analysits, Bill Gross, Pimco Total Return Fund, Business News

You would think if anyone could run an actively managed total return fund, it would be Mr. Gross. I assume that was precisely the thinking that made PIMCO's Total Return Fund so successful in attracting assets. So, what happened?

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World's Largest Bond Firm Makes $8.1 Billion Bet Against Deflation

bloomberg.com | Mike Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deflation vs Inflation, Pimco, Bond Prices, Consumer Prices, Deflation Risk, Bill Gross, Inflation, Pacific Investment Management Co., Business News

Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gross's Pacific Investment Management Co. made an $8.1 billion wager that the U.S. won't suffer a decade of deflation lik...

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Bond Billionaire: Fed's Policy Is A 'Brazen' 'Ponzi Scheme'

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pimco, Bill Gross, Bonds, Pimco-Total-Return-Fund, Jeremy Grantham, Quantitative Easing, Ponzi Scheme, Federal Reserve, Gmo, Business News

The Fed should stop meddling with the economy now, before it does more damage, say two top asset managers. The Fed Reserve Bank's quantitative easing...

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WATCH: Economists Take Two Extremely Different Views On U.S. Economy

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mohamed El-Erian, Tarp, Pimco, Gdp, Bailout, Bill Gross, James-Paulsen, Business News, Economic Recovery, David Rosenberg, Recession, Business News

Bloomberg hosted the wonkish equivalent of the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Wednesday, which pitted a famously pessimistic economist against a fa...

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Famed Investor Bill Gross Calls For Massive Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage Refinance Initiative

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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The head of the world's biggest bond fund, bemoaning the slow economic recovery, reignited debate Tuesday by publicly supporting a massive new refinan...

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Fannie, Freddie Reform: The Government Needs To Continue Propping Up The Mortgage Market, Say Banking Execs

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP, ALAN ZIBEL) -- The Obama administration invited banking executives Tuesday to offer advice on changing the government's role in the mo...

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Is Deflation Now "The Peril?" And What Do You Do if It Is?

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Schurenberg, Mohammed El Erian, Paul Krugman, James Bullard, Deflation, Bill Gross, Jeremy Grantham, Business News

The Seven Faces of The Peril may never outsell Twilight, but as economic papers go, it's pretty Gothic. The author is James Bullard, the president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, and it caused ripples on Wall Street when it was published last week.

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Even Wall Street Agrees: Government Should Borrow To Invest

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Infrastructure, Debt, Deficit, Pimco, Capitalism, Investment, Bill Gross, Business News

If our government "stimulus" continues to push consumption -- i.e. tax cuts -- instead of spending that invests in infrastructure, education and health care, things can only get worse.

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