Fund Research for PIMCO Commodity Real Ret Strat A (PCRAX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Nov 29, 2002
    Category: Natural Resources
    Overall Risk: Below Average
    Fund Family: PIMCO Funds
    Return Since Inception: 8.01%
    YTD Return: 39.75%
    Yield (TTM): 3.55%
    Net Assets: 1.57 B
    Morningstar Rating:
    1 of 5

    The investment seeks maximum real return. The fund normally invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments backed by a portfolio of inflation-indexed securities and other fixed-income instruments. It seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets primarily through investments in leveraged or unleveraged commodity index-linked notes. The fund may also invest up to 10% of total assets in preferred stocks. It is nondiversified.

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    Size
    Average Market Cap $— M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
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    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/25/2009    		 Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any)

  • Fund Performance

    10 year Growth Chart
    Growth of $10,000 from 11/30/2002 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 39.75% 43.03% -2.49% 1.03% — 8.01%
    +/- Category -2.36% -6.26% -2.88% -7.64% — —
    +/- S&P 500 TR 14.61% 9.88% 3.01% 0.28% -0.95% —

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 23.98% 12.23% -5.45% -1.18% — 7.13%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 18.07% -24.26% -5.72% -1.60% — 6.46%
    Fund and Category YTD, 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 11/25/2009
    Index YTD,1yr, 3ys and 5yr Returns as of 11/25/2009 10 yr and Since Inception Returns as of 10/31/2009
    Inception Date: 11/29/2002
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
    View Total Returns

  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information —
    Service —
    Manufacturing —

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 41.86% 19.26% -22.60%
    Stocks 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Bonds 17.62% 126.24% 108.62%
    Other 0.00% 0.06% 0.06%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Data as of 06/30/2009 Data as of 06/30/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    - Pimco Cayman Cmdty Fd Ltd Instl — — — 13.41%
    * Net Futures Held — — — 11.16%
    + US Treasury Note 3% — — — 10.07%
    + US Treasury Note 2% — — — 10.04%
    + US Treasury Note 1.875% — — — 9.84%
    * FNMA — — — 9.70%
    + Open Reverse Repo - Usd — — — 8.85%
    + US Treasury Note 2.5% — — — 8.68%
    * Open Reverse Repo - Usd — — — 7.90%
    + US TREASURY NOTE — — — 7.82%
    + Increase - Decrease = No change * New since last portfolio
    Top 10 holdings account for the fund's short positions (if any). Net short positions appear shaded.
    P/E as of 11/27/2009
    All other data as of 06/30/2009
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  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial 5.50%
    Deferred —
    Taken from prospectus dated 07/31/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 1.24%
    Taken from annual report dated 03/31/2009

  • Fund Management