Bill Gross

How The US Blew The Trillion-Dollar Trade Of The Century

Bloomberg | Mark Fisher | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


When the government was forced to bail out the financial system, our friends in Washington also had the opportunity to make the trade of the century f...

Bill Gross' $23 Million California Mansion (VIDEO)

Posted 09.17.2009 | Business


11,000 square feet, nine bedrooms, 12 baths and 112 feet of water frontage are not enough for the billionaire bond king Bill Gross. As the Wall Street...

Gross, Bond King: Greed Will Soon Return To Wall St.

Reuters | Jennifer Ablan | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, the influential investor who runs top bond fund Pimco, said on Wednesday that greed will eventually become the norm a...

Only the News That's Fit to Print

Erica Payne | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media


Erica Payne

The New York Times did the country (and itself) a disservice Sunday when it printed all 5,000 words of Devin Leonard's piece on William Gross.

U.S. Economy Risks Dire Prospect of Hyperinflation

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business


Sheldon Filger

Quantitative easing and multi-trillion dollar deficits are the two core ingredients of an explosive fiscal cocktail that will ultimately lead to hyperinflation.

PIMCO's Gross: U.S. At Risk Of Losing Top AAA Rating

Reuters | Jennifer Ablan | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business


Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, warned on Thursday the United States will eventually lose its top AAA credit rating, a fear that...

Gaming the Bailout: How Washington Continues Making The Saudi Arabia of Bond Funds Ever Richer

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

To see how access, power, and influence over the government and media is literally lifting billions from the pockets of taxpayers, one need not look further than a firm called PIMCO.

The Seventy Percent Solution

Marco Trbovich | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business


Marco Trbovich

70 percent of the US economy has been dependent on consumer purchasing to sustain economic growth. The portion of workers in the US who do not have a college education is also 70 percent.

Financial Crisis Bailout Riddled With Conflicts of Interest

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

The people with the same rapacious mindset that got us to this dangerous place at huge profit to themselves are now being asked by Paulson to serve themselves up to another helping.

CNBC's Fawning Coverage Helping Bond Billionaires Fleece Main Street

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

No matter the cost, no matter the damage to the public weal, there are always some who through access and sheer financial wherewithal will turn a national disaster to profitable gain.

Is Your Fund At Risk?

Business Week | Lewis Braham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Complex financial instruments called credit default swaps have roiled the financial markets for months. They're at the heart of the bond insurers' woe...

What's Bill Gross Up To?

L.A. Observed | Marc Lacter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


When the subject of interest rates and inflation creeps up - as it has with today's higher-than-expected consumer price index numbers - Bill Gross can...