PIMCO INCOME STRATEGY FD

PFN has significantly reduced its leverage from 23% to 7.7%, positioning itself conservatively ahead of a potential recession. The fund has shifted its portfolio toward mortgages, treasuries, and emerging market bonds, reducing high yield exposure to only 19%. PFN's conservative stance and strategic asset allocation aim to limit drawdowns and maintain a premium to NAV during market downturns.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

Closed-end funds offer unique opportunities due to their discount/premium mechanisms, allowing share prices to deviate from net asset value per share in a wild manner. In general, CEFs often provide diverse exposure across equity and fixed-income portfolios, and they even offer exposure to hybrid portfolios, but also allowing for sector-specific exposure. One important note is that not all premiums or discounts indicate a buying or selling opportunity; instead, it can make more sense to examine relative value over historical periods.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

NEW YORK, Feb. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boards of Trustees/Directors of the PIMCO closed-end funds below (each, a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”) have declared a monthly distribution for each Fund's common shares as summarized below. The distributions are payable on March 3, 2025 to shareholders of record on February 13, 2025, with an ex-dividend date of February 13, 2025.» Mehr auf globenewswire.com