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

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top DxYxZ funds are DSL, BGH and EHI. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, April 2022

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the first full week of April and highlight recent market action. All but one CEF sector was down on the week, bringing to an end a hopeful brief reversal of year-to-date weakness in the space. We quantify the expected change i...

The sharp rise in interest rates has arguably figured as the most important market dynamic so far this year. We highlight funds that have been able to digest this rise in rates and which also offer attractive yields and discount valuations. Although we don't expect a continued ris...

We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the last week of March and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. Preferreds joined the broader recovery this week across the income space, pushing March returns into the green. Issuers, particularly thos...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the last week of March and highlight recent market action. CEFs rallied strongly to close out a pretty poor quarter for returns. We discuss some of the misconceptions surrounding interest rates and the performance of loan CEFs...

We take a look at the action in BDCs through the last week of March and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs had a terrific week, with a nearly 2% gain as the broader income market had a relief rally. We compare metrics and performance of BDCs and CEFs run by the...

The recent CEF market drawdown has made it clear that it is those investors who maintain dry powder reserves that can fully take advantage of current attractive CEF yields. Credit markets have a number of features such as varying valuation levels, episodic volatility and mean-reversio...

An increasingly hawkish Fed stance has contributed to a sharp back-up in longer end rates and put many income investors on the back foot. We take a look at some of the floating-rate options in the income space. These securities can not only deliver rising income levels as the Fed ...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...