PIMCO Real Return A  PRTNX
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Overall Morningstar
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Inflation-Protected Bond Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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   Avg Duration
   7.42 Yrs
   Avg Credit Quality
   AAA
As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.02
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 10.97
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
18.57%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
16,068
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: PIMCO Real Return A
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Inflation-Protected Bond
Index: BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1997-01-29 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 19.93 26.86 7.05 5.13 7.62 7.04
+/- Category 9.54 10.66 2.28 0.92 1.21 ---
+/- BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 13.02 14.37 0.60 -0.14 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 12.53 6.63 4.63 4.08 7.15 6.70
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 14.23 18.69 5.24 4.17 7.29 6.78
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 16.03 3.04 2.03 4.98 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 11.90 3.14 2.29 4.88 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 138 funds), (5 yrs : out of 82 funds), (10 yrs : out of 13 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is 3.00%, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is none.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
US Government 62.85
US Treasuries 6.79
TIPS 55.22
US Agency 0.84
Mortgage 11.96
Mortgage Pass-Thru 9.53
Mortgage CMO 2.44
Mortgage ARM 0.00
Credit 9.04
US Corporate 5.99
Asset-Backed 2.72
Convertible 0.00
Municipal 0.33
Corporate Inflation-Protected 0.00
Foreign 4.50
Foreign Corp 2.31
Foreign Govt 2.19
Cash 11.65
Bond Quality % of Bonds
AAA 97.0
AA 1.0
A 0.0
BBB 0.0
BB 1.0
B 0.0
Below B 1.0
Not Rated 0.0
 
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 11.0
Stocks 0.0
Bonds 87.2
Other 1.7
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings Turnover % 915
Total Number of Bond Holdings 1,477 30 Day SEC Yield % 3.37
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 66.75 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Maturity
Date
Amount
$000
Value
$000
% of Net
Assets
US Treasury Bond 3.625% 2028-04-15 973,554 1,187,127 8.95
US Treasury Bond 3.875% 2029-04-15 920,363 1,170,012 8.82
US Treasury Note 1.875% 2013-07-15 1,092,788 1,122,156 8.46
US Treasury Bond 2.375% 2025-01-15 1,049,942 1,081,440 8.15
US Treasury Note 2% 2014-01-15 963,527 986,711 7.44
US Treasury Note 3% 2012-07-15 774,770 821,740 6.19
US TREASURY NOTE 2015-07-15 712,429 721,112 5.44
US Treasury Note 2.625% 2017-07-15 581,849 620,760 4.68
US Treasury Note 2% 2014-07-15 560,055 573,881 4.33
US Treasury Bond 2% 2026-01-15 579,666 568,797 4.29
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1997-01-29
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Mihir Worah  (2007-12-31)
Mr. Worah is a managing director in the Newport Beach office, a portfolio manager, and head of the Real Return portfolio management team. He was previously a member of the analytics team and worked on real and nominal term structure modeling and options pricing. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2001, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, where he built models to explain the difference between matter and anti-matter. He has seven years of investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Chicago. He is the author of numerous scientific papers.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-07-31)
Front: 3.00
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 0.90
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2009-03-31)
Correspondence Information
2187 Atlantic Street
Stamford CT 06902
Stamford,  CT 
Telephone:
800-426-0107
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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