BTO News and Press, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund From 05/15/22

The market has remained volatile as we have been experiencing through 2022. In fact, the major indexes have been reaching new lows as we went through April. I don't know when the bottom will be in, but I have been taking this opportunity to continue to add to cheaper positions. ...

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS RELEASE EARNINGS DATA Canada NewsWire BOSTON , April 26, 2022 /CNW/ - The John Hancock Closed-End Funds listed in the table below announced earnings 1 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 . The same data for the ...

We don't need to think like someone else to benefit from their skills, we can leverage their skills through our investments. MBS can be a tricky field, you don't need to be a master at everything. Know your limits, and invest in skilled professionals to augment them. For fur...

When we last wrote about John Hancock Financial Opportunity Fund, we decided not to pull the trigger. We look at how that decision played out. We also go over the current fundamentals, yield curve inversion fears, and go over our favorite area among financials. For further d...

JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND - NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS - SOURCES OF DISTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 19(a) Canada NewsWire BOSTON , March 31, 2022 /CNW/ - John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund managed ...

JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND ANNOUNCES AMENDMENT TO MANAGED DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND DECLARES INCREASED QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION Canada NewsWire BOSTON , March 24, 2022 /CNW/ - John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO) (the "Fund"), a ...

This is one way closed-end funds can grow their total share count, contrary to the "closed" part of their structure. When utilizing a dividend reinvestment plan or DRIP, it is generally a win-win-win scenario for all involved. Many DRIPs are implemented in the same manner, with th...

Today, we are looking at how to tell if a fund might be paying a sustainable distribution or not. We use several examples covering both fixed-income and equity funds to help highlight their differences. Overall, fixed-income funds are more straightforward to analyze than equity fu...

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTIONS Canada NewsWire BOSTON , March 1, 2022 /CNW/ - The five John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their quarterly distributions today as follows: John Hancock Hed...

With the swift stock-market decline we’ve seen since the start of 2022, and now, you can be forgiven if your stomach tightens just a bit when you go to check your retirement account. So today I’m going to give you my three best tips for securing your hard-earned cash&#...