Byline: Christine Williamson PIMCO's loss is Harvard's gain. Mohamed A. El-Erian - who sources say was on a very short list of hand-picked successors to William H. Gross - is instead joining Harvard Management Co. as president and CEO. ...
Geoff Considine Quantext submits: In Part I of my discussion of When Markets Collide, by Mohamed El-Erian, I looked at a range of relatively abstract conceptual themes that the book raises. In this follow-up, I will explore the model portfolio allocation that Mr. El-Erian provides. The Model Portfolio...
Geoff Considine Quantext submits: When Markets Collide, by Mohamed El-Erian, was published in May of 2008. Mr. El-Erian is well known from his previous tenure managing Harvard’s endowment and for his current role as co-CEO of PIMCO. The principle theme of the book is that we are experiencing dramatic...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pacific Investment Management Co, the world's biggest manager of bond funds, named Mohamed El-Erian as its sole chief executive after co-CEO Bill Thompson retires at the end of the year. El-Erian returned to Pimco as co-CEO in January from...
Marc Seidner was hired as head of domestic fixed income for Harvard Management Co., and CEO Mohamed El-Erian continues to search for executives to head up international fixed income, currency management and oversight of the external managers who look Marc Seidner was hired as head of...
Chris Ciovacco submits: Mohamed El-Erian is the former highly successful manager of the Harvard endowment and current head of PIMCO. In an August 15, 2008 Bloomberg interview, he makes some comments which may help us to begin to understand the recent surge in the dollar in the face of...
Devin Hobbes submits: Mohamed El-Erian, who managed Harvard University's investments and is now at PIMCO, has been in the news recently recommending long term investors to underweight U.S. securities. He suggests the following asset allocation:US Stocks 15%Developed ex-US stocks 15%Emerging Stocks 12%US Bonds 5%International Bonds 9%Real Estate 6%Commodities 11%Inflation Protected...
Tim Price submits: “Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.” – Henry Miller. The response of certain market participants to recent financial turmoil “reminds me of the way five-to-seven-year-olds play soccer: players on both teams tend to chase the ball in...
Over its 60-year history, the International Monetary Fund IMF has repeatedly adapted to changing global conditions. In maintaining an important role in the international economic system, it helped countries navigate the shift away from the Bretton Over its 60-year history, the International Monetary Fund IMF...