ECC News and Press, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. From 09/23/22

Summary 14 out of 23 CEF sectors were positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors were positive on NAV last week. HYT conducts a rights offering. ZTR rights offering has expired. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Septem...

Summary We covered this one around a year ago and told people to run for the hills. The interest rate environment has done an about turn since then and investors have been spanked for chasing yield. We review the current numbers to gauge the impact and provide our verdict. ...

Summary 0 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 0 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. U.S. equities were the worst-performing CEF sector. SMM will be merged with SMLPX. Author’s note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory memb...

Eagle Point Credit Management LLC (“Eagle Point”), a specialist credit asset manager with approximately $7.2 billion of assets under management, 1 announced that Eagle Point Institutional Income Fund (the “Fund”), a non-traded closed-end fund registered u...

Summary According to the Fear and Greed Index, we're sitting in the no-man's land of a neutral rating. Rising rates have beaten down the value of many great fixed-income investments. We raise the yield we demand and find two fully covered +12% yielding opportunities. ...

Summary 1 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 1 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. MLPs are the most discounted CEF sector. Author’s note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Au...

Summary Eagle Point Credit Company and Oxford Lane Capital are both CEFs focused on CLO Equity investments. Both funds have ~15% current distribution yields. ECC has announced a $0.25 special dividend. I am staying away from both ECC and OXLC as I believe we are in the early i...

Summary After 77 weeks and $7,700 allocated, the Dividend Harvesting portfolio is generating $553.46 in annual dividend income. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has an 89.61% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception, 69/77 weeks. In week 77, I added to my...

Summary 20 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. OPP rights offering announced. Aberdeen (now "abrdn") and Delaware CEFs are merging, subject to shareholder approval. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/...

CLO funds came with a lot of promise, but returns across the spectrum have been poor. OCCI boasts a stunning 20% yield, but problems abound. Four numbers you should remember here, 20%, 12%, 40% and 100%. CLO funds have struggled to deliver in the past 3-5 years. None of ...