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Pimco Total Return - As Brian and Peter pointed out in a sister post, the Bill Gross-led Pimco Total Return Fund (PTTAX) took a fall Wednesday of 5.26%, or 60 cents, to $10.80 a share. Interestingly, two rival bond funds barely skinned their knees. The DoubleLine Total Return Fund (DBLTX), led by mortgage meltdown star manager Jeffrey Gundlach, slipped just 0.09% on the day. At the same time, Gundlach’s old charge — the TCW Total Return Fund (TGLMX) — was down by only slightly more, some 0.20%. Even the index-bound iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG), a proxy for the benchmark that PTTAX aims to beat, lost just 0.48% on the day. I’ve got a call into Pimco but probably won’t hear back until the morning. I’ll provide an update as more information becomes available. Pimco Total Return