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Originally Posted by FIREdreamer
The bond fund available is PIMCO total return fund. A pretty steep ER for a bond fund (0.68%), but it's a top performer and it often beats its category averages. Probably not a bad choice. We also have access to an intermediate bond index fund, ER about 0.32, but I have to pay a quarterly premium to invest in that fund which would increase its ER by about 0.28% to 0.60%.
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I'm not sure if Pimco Total Return is the same thing as Pimco Total Return Instl (ticker PTTRX). If so, it's the same fund available through my tax deferred plan at work, and according to their fund fact sheet, the holdings were over 80% in cash (as of 9/30/08). If you are looking for exposure to bonds as an asset class, you won't get it from that fund IMO.
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