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PIMCO Build America Bond Strategy Fund

NAV
$55.36
Change
$0.32  |   0.58%
Market Price
$55.42
Change
$0.34  |   0.61%

As of 2/22/2012

Fund Description

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its assets in taxable municipal debt securities publicly issued under the Build America Bond program.

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Portfolio Management


Joseph Deane

Joseph Deane
Mr. Deane is an executive vice president in the New York office and head of municipal bond portfolio management. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, he was co-head of the tax-exempt department at Western Asset (WAMCO). Mr. Deane was previously a managing director and head of tax-exempt investments from 1993-2005 at Smith Barney/Citigroup Asset Management. Earlier in his career, he held senior portfolio management positions with Shearson and E.F. Hutton. Morningstar named him Fixed Income Manager of the Year in 1996 and a finalist in 1995 and 2007. He has 41 years of investment experience and holds a bachelor's degree from Iona College.

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Fund Information

Ticker BABZ
CUSIP 72201R825
Inception Date 9/20/2010
Shares Outstanding 760,000
Total Net Assets $41,827,809.52
Daily Trading Volume
(in shares)
11,759
Premium/Discount Average
(since inception)
-0.04%
Premium/Discount as
of market close
0.07%

As of 2/21/2012

Yield Information

Estimated Yield to Maturity 4.30%
SEC 30-Day Yield 3.83%

As of 2/21/2012

Portfolio Information

Number of Holdings 40
Effective Maturity 24.95 Years
Effective Duration 10.82 Years

As of 2/21/2012


Distribution Yield 3.58%

As of 1/31/2012

Full Performance & Risk

As of 1/31/2012

Dividends and Distributions

Full distribution history

As of 2/21/2012

Top 10 Holdings

BAB CHICAGO WTR TXB 6.20%
BAB BAY AREA TOLL-S2 4.88%
BAB MET TRN AUTH 3.65%
BAB NJ TPK-TXB-A 3.62%
BAB LA CMNTY CL 3.60%
BAB AMERN MUN PWR-B 3.34%
BAB NJ TRN TR FD 3.10%
BAB N TX HWY-TXB 3.04%
BAB LA CNTY 2.96%
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTH 2.91%

As of 12/31/2011

Trading Characteristics

Average Volume
In Shares 5,621
In $ $303,458.79
Bid/Ask Spread
In % 0.41%
In $ $0.22
Fund Tickers
NAV Per Share BABZ.NV
Und. Trading Value BABZ.IV
Shares Outstanding BABZ.SO
Est. Cash BABZ.EU
Total Cash BABZ.TC