As manager of the Total Return Fund (one of the world’s largest mutual funds), PIMCO co-Founder and co-CIO Bill Gross has a unique perspective on economic and business conditions. Gross is widely regarded as one of the best bond investors on the planet, and is highly vocal about — and sometimes critical of — policy that affects the economic backdrop against which he makes investment decisions. Most recently, this would be the accomodative monetary policy that has been fostered under U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Total Return Fund is the world’s biggest bond fund, and between May and June increased ... (full story)