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‘s Roundtable

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The first thing I look at when I read Barron’s round table is the results of the panelists picks from last year.  On that accord, one would do well by skipping most of it.  There are though, two investment gurus, Bill Gross and Felix Zulauf that tend to make me money. None the less read the whole article and make up your own mind..  It can be found here. Gross: Next, in a world of financial repression where 10-year Treasury bonds yield 2% and 30-years, 3%, certain state bonds and utilities yielding 5% and 6% are decent relative values. It … Read more

Gross Says Obama’s $300 Billion Plan Not Enough

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Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) — Bill Gross, founder of Pacific Investment Management Co., said President Barack Obama’s plan to stimulate the economy with more than $300 billion in tax cuts and spending is inadequate. “I don’t think $300 billion does it,” Gross said today in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Tom Keene. “I would like to see something bold.” Obama will propose cutting payroll taxes for small businesses as part of a plan to spur hiring, according to an administration memo obtained by Bloomberg News. The tax cut will be included in a package Obama plans lay out in a speech … Read more

Gross Says Look Elsewhere as U.S., Europe Face Recession

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Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — The global economic crisis is leading to a possible “developed economy” recession in the U.S. and Europe, which may be hard to alleviate, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross. In this environment, the world’s biggest manager of bond funds favors investing in Australia, Mexico, Brazil and Canada, along with non-dollar currencies that have strong ties to the Asian continent, Gross, co-chief investment officer and founder of Pimco, reiterated. Although global equities are attractive because dividend yields in many cases are higher than bonds, they’re vulnerable to faltering growth, Gross wrote in a monthly investment … Read more

‘s Bill Gross on Stocks, Bonds, Greek Crisis – Video – Bloomberg

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Pimco’s Bill Gross on Stocks, Bonds, Greek Crisis inShare3 More EmailJune 21 Bloomberg — Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., talks about investing in equities versus bonds and the Greek debt crisis. Gross speaks with Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio’s “Surveillance.” This is an excerpt. Source: Bloomberg via Pimco’s Bill Gross on Stocks, Bonds, Greek Crisis – Video – Bloomberg.