BOE News and Press, Blackrock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust of Beneficial Interest From 05/09/22

Discounts have been widening in the CEF space as volatility has been kicking up. The widening discounts have been creating more opportunities, but headwinds exist. We screen for several different metrics that bring up funds worth exploring further. For further details see: ...

BOE is trading at an over 11% discount at this time; this is near its longer-term average. The deep discount could present investors with a buying opportunity. The fund has a global tilt, this has worked against it in the past, but the future could be brighter as global stocks are...

Today, we are looking at how to tell if a fund might be paying a sustainable distribution or not. We use several examples covering both fixed-income and equity funds to help highlight their differences. Overall, fixed-income funds are more straightforward to analyze than equity fu...

The crowd is about to pile into monthly dividend stocks, and we’re going to beat them to it with three of the best of them—and grab ourselves hefty yields up to 6.5%, too. The three monthly payers we cover below will be very appealing to folks who are getting shaken do...

CEFs may be more susceptible to tax loss selling given they trade on a stock exchange and market prices (investor return) can deviate from underlying NAVs (fund return). Additionally, CEFs typically provide income to shareholders through monthly distributions. These dynamics may creat...

I put some capital to work through the month of November in 5 different funds. Black Friday wasn't just a day for shoppers in physical stores, but with the stock market decline, investors got a chance to snag some values too. The Omicron variant of COVID puts uncertainty in the ma...

BOE and IGA both offer global exposure, which is relatively more attractively valued than U.S. investments at this time. Over the last decade or so, U.S. investments have outperformed, but historically, that isn't always the case. With this underperformance, investors have pushed ...

NFJ is invested in various equities and convertible securities, while it uses a covered call option strategy for downside protection. It has been trading higher compared to its pre-pandemic levels so far in 2021. The fund offers a quarterly distribution of $0.2250 per share, which...

With a yield just over 6%, BOE is attractive if the distribution can be supported. I continue my series diving into CEFs looking beyond the yield. While the trends for the last 3 years are positive, I'd like the fund a lot better at a price under $12.30. For further details ...

IGA is a fund that writes index call options. They are invested in more value-oriented sectors and globally, which hindered their past performance. Going forward, could be a different story as value gets a lift, and the global focus of the fund could also benefit. For furthe...