BWG News and Press, BrandywineGLOBAL Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc. From 03/04/21

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

Broadly-defined commodities were the clear leader last month. US and foreign stocks also posted solid gains as did real estate investment trusts. The overall trend for markets was bullish last month, based on the Global Market Index (GMI). For further details see: Major ...

These are two options in the high-yield sector that look at least semi attractive at these levels for various reasons. These funds are more hybrid funds like ARDC with some allocation to leveraged loans helping to diversify the portfolio. The high-yield space, as I've noted severa...

Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund (BWG) declares $0.08/share monthly dividend, 6.7% increase from prior dividend of $0.07.Forward yield 7.61%Payable April 1; for shareholders of record March 24; ex-div March 23.Payable May 3; for shareholders of record April 23; ex-div April 22.P...

FTHY is a term dated fund, with an anticipated liquidation date of August 1, 2027. The discount has been widening significantly lately, as the NAV rises and price diverge. This divergence has created an opportunity for this high yield term fund. For further details see: ...

At WisdomTree, we think there is a unique opportunity presented in developed markets-one best accessed through a quality- and dividend growth-focused framework. In 2015, we launched the WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG), which seeks to track the Wisdo...

Stocks in emerging markets continued to lead the major asset classes in January as the top monthly performer. Emerging markets shares have been up for four straight months, pushing this slice of the world's equities to a wide one-year lead of nearly 28%. US stocks are posting the ...

December was another good month for CEFs with some discount tightening and NAV growth. The Core Portfolio was up over 1% with the NAV up 1.8%. The January Effect could bring discounts to an expensive level if the recent trends continue. At that point we would want to start reducing CE...

Despite suffering steeper losses in the March panic and again in the September/October correction, the Russell 1000 finished 2020 with a threefold lead over its global peers (up 21% versus 6.8%, respectively). As was the case globally, P/E multiple expansion, rather than dividend or f...

Asset valuations, in themselves, cannot tell us when bubbles will burst, but they suggest when we are witnessing them and the depth of liquidation coming on the other side. Today, equities, corporate and many sovereign bonds (and the funds and ETFs that hold them) are more extremely p...