BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 08/14/20

[This portfolio was introduced to our Inside the Income Factory members on July 20] "Hunker Down" Portfolio Given what we don't know about the future course of the pandemic here in the United States, how it will affect our economy and our financial markets, and what our political fut...

Downturns in bank credit expansion always lead to systemic problems. We are on the edge of such a downturn, which thanks to everyone's focus on the coronavirus, is unexpected. We can now identify March 23 as the date when markets stopped worrying about deflation and realised that monetary in...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on July 29, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. 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 ...

I have been a big fan of the John Hancock Financial Opportunity Fund ( BTO ) for many years, but its distribution yield, around 6%, never excited me all that much. But the fund, currently beaten-down in price but looking strong in terms of its portfolio and-cash generating ability, is still ma...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on July 22, 2020. Please check the latest data before investing. 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...

The Fed last night ordered banks to suspend dividend increases and not resume buybacks through at least the third quarter. Not only that, but dividends going forward will be limited to what the banks actually earn (more or less). More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, SPDR S&P...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on June 16, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-...

David Aurelio of Refinitiv is doing an earnings conference call today, i.e. Wednesday morning, June 24th, 2020 at 11:00 am central time. Search the Refinitiv website or David Aurelio's blog for the details. This blog's source earnings data comes from Refinitiv, which sources the data from IBES...

Author's note: This article was released to members on June 1, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. 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...

With the Canadian TSX today virtually unchanged from its April 2008 peak, even the most steadfast buy and hold investors have reaped zero capital gains over more than 12 years of risk and just 1.7% annually since the prior cycle peak in July 2000. Those who bought GICs and government bonds ove...