The following is an excerpt from the PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Fund: Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investment Risk: the
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The following is an excerpt from the PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Fund:
Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investment Risk: the risk that investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies, due to smaller markets, differing reporting, accounting and auditing standards, …, and the risk of unfavorable foreign government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, currency blockage, or political changes or diplomatic developments. Foreign securities may also be less liquid and more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers.
Explain the risks referred to in the above excerpt.
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Bond Markets Analysis And Strategies
ISBN: 9780253337535
10th Edition
Authors: Frank J. Fabozzi, Francesco A. Fabozzi