BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 08/09/19

With interest rates declining and threatening banks' profits, money is flowing out of financial ETFs at the fastest pace of the year. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ETF, Financial stocks n...

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund ( BTO ) has been under significant pressure over the last year, even more so recently. This fund invests solely in the financial sector, investing in banks of all market capitalizations. BTO just one week ago closed at a share price of $33.42. And at...

Photo Source: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. Traders look on as a screen shows Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's news conference after the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rates announcement on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2019. For the month, 81% of all closed-end...

About 10% of the S&P 500 will report next week, and 24 of those 52 scheduled reports will be Financial companies. Here is the S&P 500 Earnings data by the numbers: (Source: IBES by Refinitiv) Fwd 4-qtr est: $174.68 vs. $174.87 from last week PE ratio: 17.25x PEG ...

BOSTON , July 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (NYSE: HEQ) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO) announced earnings 1 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 . The same data for the comparable three months ended June 30, 2018 is...

For income investors, closed-end funds, or CEFs, are an attractive investment class that offers high income generally in the range of 6-10%, broad diversification in terms of a variety of asset classes, and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully. However, CEFs c...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 1 month ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end...

It seems, every month for CEFs, there is a new round of distribution cuts at funds. This shouldn't be any surprise as many funds pay out simply unsustainable distributions over the long run. Investors in CEFs know that this is just a part of everyday life, sacrificing distribution growth for t...

It seems, every month for CEFs, there is a new round of distribution cuts at funds. This shouldn't be any surprise as many funds pay out simply unsustainable distributions over the long run. Investors in CEFs know that this is just a part of everyday life, sacrificing distribution growth for t...

Greg Powell, deputy chief investment officer of Miller/Howard breaks down the dividend and buyback plans that 12 large U.S. banks announced yesterday after the Federal Reserve cleared their plans. More news on: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Bank of America Corporation, Financial Select Se...