CIF News and Press, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund From 02/04/22

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) declares $0.0183/share monthly dividend, -1.7% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0186. Forward yield 9.51% Payable Feb. 28; for shareholders of record Feb. 16; ex-div Feb. 15. See CIF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For f...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index edged down in January from the previous month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors to adjust the forecast reduces GMI’s ex-ante risk premium to an annualized 5.4%. Th...

4 out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last week. Date for PIMCO merger of PCI and PKO into PDI announced. USA rights offering results. JDD, JTA and JTD have been merged into the multi-asset NMAI. For further details see: We...

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) declares $0.0187/share monthly dividend, -1.2% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0189. Forward yield 7.51% Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 15; ex-div Dec. 14. See CIF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For f...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked lower in November but remains elevated relative to recent history. Adjusting the forecast with short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) reduces - substantially - GMI’s ex...

21 out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and 22 out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last week. US equity leads while emerging market income lags. Asia equity is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: November 7, 2021

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) declares $0.0189/share monthly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 7.64% Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 17; ex-div Nov. 16. See CIF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: ...

The recent run higher in the Sharpe ratio for the Global Market Index finally reversed in October. Risk-adjusted performance has slipped, but GMI's rebound in October lifted it to a new record high. GMI is useful as a baseline to begin research on asset allocation and portfolio de...

The long-run risk premium forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded in October, edging up to 6.1%, based on revised numbers through last month. The new estimate is calculated in terms of the projected return over the “risk-free” rate, according to a risk-based...

US real estate investment trusts (REITs) and stocks posted the strongest returns for the major asset classes in October - by wide margins. US REITs surged 7.7% last month, reversing September’s sharp decline. The recovery puts American property shares in the lead for 2021 with ...