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Pimco Total Return Fund headed for worst quarterly loss in two years

The fund has lost 1.97% this quarter through Thursday, according to Morningstar data

Pimco Total Return Fund headed for worst quarterly loss in two years

Pacific Investment Management Co’s flagship Total Return fund is headed for its biggest quarterly loss in two years, hurt by a broad selloff in high-grade debt markets in the US and Europe.

The $107.3 billion fund has posted a negative total return of 1.97% this quarter through Thursday, according to data from fund tracker Morningstar that accounts for price moves and interest payments. It was the fund's biggest three-month loss since the second quarter of 2013 when the bond market was rattled by the so-called taper tantrum, or fears over reduced bond buying from the Federal Reserve.

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