BXMX News and Press, Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 02/01/18

The year has started extremely strong for stocks, so that even after the correction at the end of January, the S&P 500 ended up 5.7% YTD by the start of February. Index funds for junk bonds ( JNK ) and municipal bonds ( MUB ) did not fare as well, being flat and down 1.2% respectively: W...

So far in 2018, the big story among equity CEFs is the return of the energy MLPs after a negative 2017. So let's go to the performance scoreboard and see where we stand. The following screen shot shows the top 30 or so equity CEFs sorted by NAV performance after only 18 trading days in January...

2017 has been an exciting year in the markets. All-time highs seem to fall every week, the market has shaken off three Federal Reserve rate hikes as no big deal, and there is so much bitcoin to talk about that it makes a head spin. It's also been an exciting year on the Seeking Alpha Marketp...