ARDC News and Press, Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Inc. From 12/17/20

Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC) had declared $0.0975/share monthly dividend, in line with previous.Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 21; ex-div Dec. 18.See ARDC Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: Ares Dynamic C...

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxYxZ funds are PGZ, HPF, and DSL. Distribution cuts can bring potential opportunities if a sell-off occurs. ...

Junk bond yields have dropped to a record low. The effective yield of the ICE BofA US High Yield Index fell to 4.61% at the close on December 3. As bond yields fall, bond prices rise. For further details see: Junk Bond Yields Hit Record Low: Most Distorted Markets Ever ...

Broad US equities continued their momentum from Q2 following the dramatic COVID-19-driven decline earlier in the year. The S&P 500 rose 9% in Q3 after a 20% rise in Q2. Value-oriented stocks underperformed the broader market on concerns about economic fragility, the expiration of ...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxYxZ ranked funds are NHF, PGZ and DCF. For further details see: The Chemist's Quality Closed-End Fund Report: November 2020

KIO reduced their distribution by -16% this month. This ends the fund's streak of 7 years of unbroken distributions. The cut was not unexpected based on declining NII and lower leverage numbers. Silver lining: share price barely reacted as the fund was already at a decent disc...

Other than moving a few pieces around the board, the recent actions by the Fed only continues to move back the day of reckoning. The "extend and pretend illusion" our economy remains on a sound footing is alive and well. One place this is evident is in the area corporate bond mark...

The COVID-19 related sell-off in corporate bonds in Q1 2020 caused some commentators to express concern about the liquidity and functionality of fixed income ETFs, led by corporate bond ETFs. Widening discounts between corporate bond ETFs and NAV pricing after COVID-19 was cited as fu...

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists from various ranking screens are given. The top DxYxZ funds are PGZ, AOD and AGD. For further details see: The Chemist's 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report: ...

Seeking "Alpha" means trying to do better than average (i.e. better than "Beta"); a worthy objective that, not surprisingly, less than half of all investors actually achieve. The more aggressively an investor attempts to achieve Alpha, the more they usually end up holding lower-yieldi...