ECF News and Press, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. From 01/26/20

Note: Data from the article are from January 10, 2020. 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 as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate ac...

Introduction This exceptionally long business cycle appears set to emerge from its third growth slowdown and has now reached the stage where a cyclical bull market in commodities can be expected. We are prepared to make timely adjustments to our investment portfolios to take advanta...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist . This article was originally published on November 23, 2019. We previously covered the topic of analyzing fixed-income and preferred stock distribution sustainability. Looking at NII trends and interest rate impacts to gauge the continuation of a rate. W...

This article was first published to members of Yield Hunting on November 21st. Our quote for the December letter is going to be, " it's not so much you buy, but what you DON'T buy that matters! " There are many funds that are overvalued today. However, we are going to focus our attentio...

Author's note : This article was originally released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on November 25, 2019. 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 as to...

Foreword Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis. These dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your November 25 data from Barron's for 43 dividend paying stocks supplemented by dog ca...

This article was originally published on October 29, 2019. Most closed-end fund investors know that distribution cuts come with the nature of the closed-end fund's structure. The fact is that when a fund is paying out 90% of their NII and 98% of their realized capital gains on an annual ba...

Ellsworth Fund (NYSEMKT: ECF ) declares $0.42/share quarterly dividend , 250% increase from prior dividend of $0.12. Forward yield 14.93% Payable Dec. 27; for shareholders of record Nov. 26; ex-div Nov. 25. See ECF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More ...

The Board of Trustees of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. (NYSE American:ECF) (the “Fund”) declared a $0.42 per share cash distribution payable on December 27, 2019 to shareholders of record on November 26, 2019. Shareholders who are not members of the Fund’s Aut...

As an asset class and an option for retirees, CEFs have lost favor for many years in the age of the ETF. This is both unfortunate and an opportunity. It is unfortunate because many great CEFs that could exist simply do not as fund managers cook up ETF products. But it’s also fortunate...