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All data as of 10.31.09 
PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK)
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Fund Overview
Highlights
  • Invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated high-yield corporate debt obligations.
  • To identify securities that provide high current income and/or capital appreciation, the Fund uses a dynamic asset allocation strategy that focuses on credit quality analysis; duration management; broad diversification among issuers, industries and sectors; and other riskmanagement techniques designed to manage default risk.
  • The Fund normally has an intermediate average portfolio duration (i.e., four to eight years).
Investment Process

The top-down investment process begins with PIMCO’s annual Secular Forum, during which the firm develops a three- to five-year outlook for the global economy and interest rates. This helps set the basic portfolio parameters, including duration, yield-curve positioning, sector weightings, credit quality breakdown and individual issue selection. The Fund focuses on securities in the upper tier of the below-investment-grade credit spectrum, which historically have delivered the best risk/return profile. Consideration of yield is only one component of the portfolio manager’s approach; PIMCO also considers capital appreciation and principal preservation through intensive fundamental, macroeconomic, industry and company-specific research. Furthermore, intermediate-maturity bonds are emphasized to ensure that Fund performance is driven by credit characteristics, not interest rate risk. Finally, non-traditional sectors are employed to enhance return and increase diversification.

At A Glance
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Symbol
CUSIP
PHK
722014107
Objective
Seeks high current income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective.

Assets (in millions)
Common $1,193.8
Preferred $292.0
Total $1,485.8

Inception Date
Apr 30, 2003

Shares Outstanding
119,231,264

Avg. Daily Volume
925,861

NAV Yield
19.35%

Market Price Yield
14.27%

Taxable Equivalent Yield
-

Managers
William Gross


Bill Gross, CFA, is a founder and Managing Director of PIMCO. He began his investment career in 1969 and is widely regarded as the world's foremost fixed income authority.

Management Firm
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO)

Newport Beach, California

Led by Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer Bill Gross, PIMCO is widely recognized as one of the premier bond managers in the world. PIMCO applies this expertise to a range of core and specialized investment portfolios.



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High-yield bonds typically have a lower credit rating than other bonds. Lower rated bonds generally involve a greater risk to principal than higher rated bonds. The use of leverage may cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions at a disadvantageous time to satisfy its obligations or to meet segregation requirements. Leverage, including borrowing, may cause a Fund to be more volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged, which may increase the risk of investment loss. This Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging purposes or as part of its investment strategy. Use of these instruments may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, management risk and the risk that a fund could not close out a position when it would be most advantageous to do so. Portfolios investing in derivatives could lose more than the principal amount invested in those instruments.

 

Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, is an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P., and is a member of Munich-based Allianz Group (NYSE | AZ). Allianz is a leading global financial services company. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC serves as the Funds' investment manager, and the sub-advisors are Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO), Oppenheimer Capital LLC (OPCAP), Nicholas Applegate Capital Management LLC (NACM), NFJ Investment Group L.P. (NFJ) and PEA Capital Management LLC (PEA).


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