CIF News and Press, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund From 09/15/20

The S&P 500 may have broken out above its February highs back in late August and still remains above February's highs after Monday's advance, but performance in the high yield market hasn't been quite as strong. The chart below shows the B of A High Yield Master Index on a total return b...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Sep. 1, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on August 25, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors i...

Author's note: This article was released to members on August 19, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well...

Author’s note: this article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on August 3, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF]...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on July 29, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in ...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on July 22, 2020. Please check the latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors...

The name of the bond market game since COVID-19 hit, if it can be summarized in one sentence, is that "credit spread assets continue to make sense". This graph from PIMCO was in their asset allocation outlook held for retail investors the last few weeks, and I think it did a good job highlig...

Author’s note: this article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on July 15, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] s...

Distribution stability has returned as leverage costs continue to decline. This is very helpful to closed-end fund ("CEF") earnings power. The greater the spread between the yield on the coupons that they invest in, and the cost of their leverage, the higher the coverage ratios of the funds- t...