BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 05/11/21

Revisiting my top ten closed-end fund positions and how they have changed from earlier this year. There have been a few changes to my top positions, including HTD and UTG now being my largest positions. 2021 has been a great year so far; for my portfolio and the broader markets. ...

The market has pressed to new all-time highs, and in the near term there is little to dampen optimism - the economy continues to strengthen, bolstered by monetary and fiscal stimulus, improving corporate investment and strong retail consumption. If anything has weighed on investors in...

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...

U.S. big banks Q1 earnings beat Street. Will their winning ways continue? Key drivers of Q1 profits for U.S. banks. Outlook for U.S. financials. For further details see: U.S. Banks Beat Street. Will Their Winning Ways Continue?

Since U.S. Treasury bonds have fallen more than -20% in value, it looks like we might've seen a short-term bottom and an opportunity to profit in the bond market. Which sectors are performing well in the intermediate term, as well as those that are taking a breather in the short term....

JPMorgan reports Tuesday morning, April 14th, before the opening bell with Street consensus currently expecting $3.07 in EPS on $30.5 billion in revenue for expected y/y growth of 294% and 8% respectively. Goldman reports Tuesday morning April 14th before the opening bell and current ...

We find financial services to be such a compelling opportunity set for us as active investors. To truly understand the public investment opportunity set in financials, you must closely monitor private investment trends. Even if China’s closed-loop payments systems can be ex...

The expected 21Q1 earnings growth rate is currently 24.2%, which has increased from 16.0% at the beginning of the year. All but two sectors have seen positive revisions to 21Q1 growth expectations since the beginning of the year. In 2021, we expect to see a year of high expectatio...

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&...