BCV News and Press, Bancroft Fund Ltd. From 01/26/20

Note: Data from the article are from January 10, 2020. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate ac...

This article was first published to members of Yield Hunting on November 22nd. All data herein is from then unless otherwise specified. Bancroft Fund ( BCV ) This is an old fund run by GAMCO, the asset management business of Gabelli Mutual Funds. Mario Gabelli started what is now known a...

This article was first published to members of Yield Hunting on November 21st. Our quote for the December letter is going to be, " it's not so much you buy, but what you DON'T buy that matters! " There are many funds that are overvalued today. However, we are going to focus our attentio...

Introduction It has been a challenging year for the global economy in 2019, and 2020 is not shaping up to be much, if any, easier. We project global GDP growth will be 3.0% this year, which would be the slowest pace of growth since the global recession of 2008 and 2009. For 2020, we do no...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 3, 2019. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highlig...

Author's note : This article was initially released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Nov. 7, 2019. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence...

Foreword Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis. These dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your November 25 data from Barron's for 43 dividend paying stocks supplemented by dog ca...

Author's Note : This article was initially released to members on November 12, 2019. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concl...

Closed-end-funds, "CEFs," represent an exciting market segment offering investors exposure to actively managed investment portfolios that often times feature more dynamic strategies compared to passive ETFs. While many investors are attracted to the income profile of the various funds with cor...

The Board of Trustees of Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE American:BCV) (the “Fund”) declared a $0.97 per share cash distribution payable on December 27, 2019 to shareholders of record on November 26, 2019. Shareholders who are not members of the Fund’s Automatic Dividend Inv...