With or without Gross, Pimco's too darned big

You can’t help but feel that market participants would breathe a huge sigh of relief if a way could be contrived to break up the bond giant

Bill Gross’s decision to quit Pimco for Janus was a bit of a shock at the outset, but the longer you think about his move, the more it makes sense, at least for him.

You could sense the relief in his statement Friday, when he said: "I look forward to returning my full focus to the fixed income markets and investing, giving up many of the complexities that go with managing a large, complicated organization."

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