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Bill Gross Reveals Three Unusual Keys To Success

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Mark Melin
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Bill Gross today revealed three keys to their investing strategy as he brought up his age and mentioned turning the keys over, comparing PIMCO to a Mercedes Benz rather than a Model-T or a Cadillac “and never a compact car.”

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Morningstar conference: Bill Gross revealed three pillars of his success

Keynoting the Morningstar investing conference in Chicago this afternoon, Bill Gross revealed three pillars of his success: a bonds plus program, rolling down the yield curve to garner the best real return, and selling volatility. The deep discussion of the formulaic aspects of his strategy was unusual, as he exposed rather innovative strategies.

When PIMCO sells volatility, for instance, they don’t...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.