- What does PQTAX invest in?
- This fund aims to generate positive, risk-adjusted returns through prudent investment management. It employs a systematic, quantitative trading strategy designed to capitalize on sustained price trends, both upward and downward, observed across global financial markets and commodities. Under typical market conditions, the fund allocates its assets to derivative instruments tied to a diverse range of underlying categories, including interest rates, currencies, mortgage-backed securities, credit products, various commodities (both individual and indexed), equity market indices, and volatility-related instruments. Additionally, it maintains the option to invest directly in mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities.
- What is the expense ratio of PQTAX?
- PIMCO TRENDS Fund A (PQTAX) charges an expense ratio of 2.76%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- What is PQTAX's dividend yield?
- PQTAX's trailing-twelve-month yield is 2.46%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.
- What is the duration of PQTAX?
- Effective duration measures PQTAX's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. PQTAX's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.
- What is the credit quality of PQTAX?
- PQTAX's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds.
- What is the yield to maturity of PQTAX?
- Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from PQTAX if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. PQTAX's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid.
