BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 10/31/22

Summary You need income, I have answers on where to find it. I fund-amentally think that you can live on dividends alone. We look at yields up to 12%, as we examine two excellent CEFs. Co-produced with Treading Softly When it comes to retirement planning, the...

Summary BTO has tended to trade at a premium for the last several years but has now come to a discount. Higher interest rates can benefit the underlying portfolio as a fund composed of only financial sector holdings. On the other hand, a recession is the main risk for this cyc...

Summary 0 out of 23 CEF sectors are positive on price and 0 out of 23 sectors are positive on NAV over the last week. BlackRock CEFs are repurchasing their shares. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on October 18th, 2022. Plea...

Summary Supply chain disruptions, record-high inflation, and tightening of monetary policy are expected to make the U.S. banking sector fragile in the near future. In the coming months, a rise in deposit rates and lower demand for fresh loans will result in a gradual decline in li...

Summary Credit asset classes (corporate loans, high yield bonds, etc.) pay investors interest (i.e. real cash). So even when all assets (stocks, bonds, etc.) are dropping in price, funds that hold credit assets keep cranking out the cash to pay distributions. They don't have t...

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund ( NYSE: BTO ) declares $0.65/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 8.33% Payable Sept. 30; for shareholders of record Sept. 12; ex-div Sept. 9. See BTO Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & ...

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS ANNOUNCE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING AND RECORD DATES Canada NewsWire BOSTON , Sept. 22, 2022 /CNW/ - The ten John Hancock closed-end funds listed below announced today that each fund's Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Ann...

Summary I have added to five positions in my portfolio, but I haven't included any new names. There was a mix of funds that were at attractive discounts, but also some that were pushing premiums. The main goal of building up my income month after month is still being achieved,...

Summary These opportunities will not last long! The time to act is upon us. You'll miss some opportunities in your lifetime, these don't have to be among them. We look at yields up to 7% as we examine these opportunities. Co-produced with Treading Softly Grow...

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund ( NYSE: BTO ) had declared $0.65/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Payable Sept. 30; for shareholders of record Sept. 12; ex-div Sept. 9. See BTO Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For...