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Undiscovered Managers
Escape From the Pack
By Eric Jacobson
After grinding away at the mother of all bond firms, two high-yield bond managers find solace in running a tiny fund at a tiny shop.
Ray Kennedy and Mark Hudoff are a couple of happy guys. It’s certainly not because they’re sitting atop an empire. They’re running a little more than $100 million at a small firm that boasts a modest $15.7 billion under management and has the distinction of having undergone two changes of ownership in the past 15 years. Their lives appear to be more fulfilling than they had been for a while, though. Things went well enough when they started at PIMCO. They were hired and mentored by Ben Trosky to hunt
for high-yield bond issuers with hard assets, cash flows, and compelling credit profiles. Kennedy and Hudoff worked together at PIMCO for about 10 years, five as analysts under Trosky, who built a great record and reputation running PIMCO High Yield PHYDX. Kennedy eventually joined Trosky as a comanager and succeeded him when Trosky retired at the end of 2002. Kennedy then turned the reins over to Hudoff in 2007. Hudoff left PIMCO last year. Neither Kennedy nor Hudoff have anything bad to say about PIMCO, and they remain big fans
of their colleagues who remain at the firm. And the pair sound almost wistful when describing their analyst days under Trosky. Yet it’s clear that a toll was taken on Kennedy by the time he left in 2007 and that the place no longer suited Hudoff when he departed in 2009. Each reigned atop an enormous pool of high-yield bond assets during his managerial tenure, and the challenges were huge. The fund’s relatively conservative strategy meant that they favored better-capitalized issuers and large liquid bonds. But even so, the fund’s size meant that there were times when it was difficult to get as
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Contents
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Contributors
Letter From the Editor
What Risks to Bonds Are You Most Concerned About?
The Irrational Lizard Brain
Investment Briefs
The Problem With Financial Plans
Preparing for Turbulance
Different Models, Similar Results
The Game Is Up
Some People Are Bullish on Bonds
Bonds We Like
What Does Harry Markowitz Think?
Escape From the Pack
Four Picks for the Present
Rising Rates Could Affect Equities, Too
The Banking Sector Knocks on Wood
Back to Basics
On the Prowl for Smooth Operators
Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
50 Most Popular ETFs
Undervalued Stocks With Wide Moats
New at Morningstar
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - New on MorningstarAdvisor.com
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Contributors
Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Letter From the Editor
Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - What Risks to Bonds Are You Most Concerned About?
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - The Irrational Lizard Brain
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Investment Briefs
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - The Problem With Financial Plans
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Preparing for Turbulance
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Different Models, Similar Results
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - The Game Is Up
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Some People Are Bullish on Bonds
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Bonds We Like
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - What Does Harry Markowitz Think?
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Escape From the Pack
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Four Picks for the Present
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Rising Rates Could Affect Equities, Too
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - The Banking Sector Knocks on Wood
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Back to Basics
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - On the Prowl for Smooth Operators
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - 50 Most Popular ETFs
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Morningstar Advisor - June/July 2010 - Undervalued Stocks With Wide Moats
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