ARDC News and Press, Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Inc. From 03/04/22

Only funds with yields over 6.5%, coverage higher than 85% and trading at under a +5% premium are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are ARDC, EHI and JRI. Buys affirmed on portfolio holdings, ARDC, JRI and HYB. For furth...

20 Dividend payments increased income 22.2% over Feb 2021 and raised forward income by 19.5%. Portfolio value is up 1.9% ytd, up 19.9% from Feb 2021, 23.2% from Jan 2021 and up 0.14% from last month. Complete listing of all 89 RIG companies and when they make their dividend paymen...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

ARDC is a closed end fund focused on fixed income instruments. The vehicle is heavily invested in CLOs which account for over 30% of the portfolio. The vehicle has a 7.93% yield which is fully supported by the portfolio generated income but has seen annual NAV give-ups from its tr...

We highlight FFC - a strong performer in the preferreds sector that has just moved out to an attractive valuation. We also use FFC as a case study of how the Fed's rate hiking trajectory will raise most fund leverage costs and reduce CEF net income levels. And discuss strategies f...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of February and highlight recent market action. It was another down week for the CEF market with about a quarter of sectors now at double-digit losses for the year. We discuss how CEF sector tilts can drive fun...

Interest rates have risen sharply since the start of the year, causing some pain in the markets and a significant rise in the VIX. With the VIX up sharply, we risk seeing discounts widen from here given how tight they are. But with interest rates rising across the curve, discounts...

25 companies paid dividends with 3 raises and some special pays raising income by 8.68% from Jan 2021, and 14.57% from Q4 October. Estimated forward dividend yield has risen to 4.7% and income will rise ~15.9%. Transactions revealed which included 2 new buys, 1 sell and numerous a...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index edged down in January from the previous month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors to adjust the forecast reduces GMI’s ex-ante risk premium to an annualized 5.4%. Th...

With most of tax-loss selling behind us, a small correction in discounts and the January effect ahead of us, it makes sense to consider a few CEF ideas. We take a look at funds that offer a decent track record as well as an attractive entry point in valuation terms. We highlight f...