Looking Past Volatility

PIMCO takes a long-term view of markets and economies, one that anchors investment decisions during shorter-term periods of market volatility. Nonetheless, the dramatic return of market volatility has understandably unnerved many investors. On 9 February, Daniel J. Ivascyn, group chief investment officer, and Scott Mather, CIO U.S. core strategies, updated clients on the dynamics at play. They discussed both the short-term, cyclical phenomena of the past week and the long-term, or secular, factors stretching out multiple years. They also address positioning portfolios for what’s ahead.