BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 01/02/20

With the new year  comes a new accounting standard  that will affect most big lenders in how they reserve for potential losses on loans. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ETF, Finan...

U.S. banks' business lending activities have stalled in H2 2019, crimped by an industrial slowdown and cheap financing available in the capital markets. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ET...

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 and acquired at r...

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 highl...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist . This article was originally published on November 23, 2019. We previously covered the topic of analyzing fixed-income and preferred stock distribution sustainability. Looking at NII trends and interest rate impacts to gauge the continuation of a rate. W...

Spending legislation passed by the Senate today contains the most biggest changes in more than a decade to the country's retirement system. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ETF, Financial ...

BOSTON , Dec. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO), John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (NYSE: HEQ), John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE: JHS), John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE: JHI), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:...

BOSTON , Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Advisers, LLC today announced an update to the portfolio management team for the John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund managed by John Hancock Advisers, LLC (the "Adviser") and subadvised by ...

Bank stocks take a beating , as renewed trade war fears send the 10-year Treasury yield tumbling toward its biggest decline in more than three years. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Morgan Stanley, Financial stocks news, Stocks on the move, ...

The news media, bank executives, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) chairman and even presidential candidates have made remarks about the recent spike in short-term funding rates. What caused the spike, and why is it important? In mid-September, there was a significant spike in the overnight...