BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 03/23/21

We spoke with Strategas Chief Investment Strategist Jason Trennert on why his team is bullish on the market despite recent volatility and key unknowns like interest rates, inflation, and tax policy. Trennert says they are not overly worried about long-term rates, especially when they&...

BTO's premium has come down to a more reasonable level since we last covered the fund. Despite the overvaluation of BTO previously, it didn't stop the fund from making strong moves higher. The financial sector still remains attractive as a push into value continues, BTO remains a ...

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John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO) had declared $0.55/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 11; ex-div March 10.See BTO Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: John Ha...

For the fourth month in a row, equity CEFs on average posted positive returns, rising 2.42% on an NAV basis for February. While for the first month in 11, fixed income CEFs witnessed losses (-0.52%). Nineteen percent of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, with 18% of equity...

On a year to date basis, again, energy is the top-performing sector up 31.7% followed by financials, communication services, industrials and materials. Year to date, technology continues to slip in performance and is now negative for the year down .7%. The economic data also suppo...

While unnerving, the late-February surge in global bond yields was a game-changer for equity market leadership, with important implications for navigating the road ahead. The rebound in financials dates from last November when vaccine breakthroughs stoked hopes for the global economy ...

There are some extraordinary things that are going on that we have not seen in a long, long time. As we think about what the implications for portfolio construction are, we first need to ask ourselves what is the role of the different asset classes in the portfolio. What if inflat...

The big news of the week was the spike in interest rates, which according to the press reports I read, "came out of nowhere". Last week's economic reports were mostly positive and better than expected. US stocks took a breather last week but global stocks managed a small gain. ...

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