BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 07/26/21

Year over year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.2% in April, 5.0% in May, and 5.4% in June. Fading re-opening enthusiasm or the drying up of government stimulus checks could be factors in the sluggish growth numbers compared to prior month. Bond and equity markets indicated ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down nearly 1000 points at the low Monday and closed down 725, a loss of a little over 2%. The S&P 500 did a little better but closed down 1.5%. The markets rose through the rest of the week and ended on a high note. So, you got your chance to ...

One of the biggest criticisms among Bitcoin’s detractors has been the fact that the majority of bitcoin miners are located within communist China. US stocks, bonds, and real estate have reached precipitous record valuations in response to low interest rates and a massively expa...

In 2021, energy is where the money is going. Money is flowing out of Momentum stocks this year, and much of it is going into Value names. Commodities are having a strong showing compared to last year. For further details see: If You Want To Know Where The Market Action I...

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Notice to Shareholders - Sources of Distribution Under Section 19(a) Canada NewsWire BOSTON , June 30, 2021 /CNW/ - John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund managed by John Han...

The economic principle of replacing existing business processes and models with innovative and more efficient ones is nothing new. According to PYMNTS research, 86 percent of consumers have gone online or used a mobile app to pay bills at least once in the last 12 months, and 70 perce...

Strategas Head of Technical Strategy Chris Verrone takes us through some market insights. The trend of this market is up, but momentum has started to soften under the surface. Over the last few months, participation has narrowed a little as fewer stocks move higher along with the mark...

20 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead, while commodities lag. Covered call increased most in premium/discount valuation last week. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: June 13, 2021

Last week the Fed met, and for a few hours everyone thought it meant one thing, but by the next day, everyone had decided that it didn’t mean that at all. In the end, bond yields barely moved and the outlook for the economy only changed mildly. The 10-year Treasury note yield w...

20 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. GAB rights offering is now live. IGA/IGD/IDE tender results were pleasing, DEX tender coming up. DSE to merge into an open-ended fund soon. Portfolio holdings: distribution boost...