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This chapter explores the impact of Bill Gross on the bond market, focusing on insights from Mary Childs' book 'The Bond King'. It examines Gross's transformative role at PIMCO and the challenges he faced that led to his decline, while also emphasizing the significance of bonds in the financial landscape.

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

06:48 - How Ed Thorpe influenced Bill Gross in the early days.
04:49 - How Bill pioneered a market for trading bonds.
09:23 - How Bill founded Pimco and the famous Total Market return fund.
21:41 - How they successfully navigated the GFC and established an abnormal relationship with the government along the way.
31:44 - The trade that began the decline of Bill’s time at Pimco.
51:25 - Bill’s own autobiography was recently released.
And a whole lot more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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The Bond King Book.
Planet Money Podcast.
Mary Childs' Substack.
Trey Lockerbie Twitter.
Preston, Trey & Stig’s tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.

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