EIC News and Press, Eagle Point Income Company Inc. From 05/02/22

Whatever stocks or funds we hold in our portfolios, most investors are hurting at times like this. But at least high yield investors can collect 9 and 10% cash distributions while they wait for markets to improve. That means if they are retired they don't have to touch their princ...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of April and highlight recent market action. The recent rally fizzled as the CEF space fell sharply with most sectors dropping more than 1%. We highlight funds that are likely to be more resilient in the face o...

XFLT remains on income investor radars given its double-digit yield and strong performance over the last few years. XFLT is a fund that has come up on the service a few times and in this article we highlight some of the misconceptions investors may hold about it. Overall, we remai...

An increasingly hawkish Fed stance has contributed to a sharp back-up in longer end rates and put many income investors on the back foot. We take a look at some of the floating-rate options in the income space. These securities can not only deliver rising income levels as the Fed ...

Lots of funds are cheap these days and paying high distribution yields, but Eagle Point Income represents a better bargain than many other funds because it is not as well understood. EIC is safer than many high yield bond funds because of the unique characteristics of CLO junior debt,...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of March and highlight recent market action. All CEF sectors were down this week with the majority of sectors now at double-digit negative returns for the year. We discuss the different flavors of distribution ...

Today, we are looking at how to tell if a fund might be paying a sustainable distribution or not. We use several examples covering both fixed-income and equity funds to help highlight their differences. Overall, fixed-income funds are more straightforward to analyze than equity fu...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the third week of February and highlight recent market action. The CEF market had another down week with Munis and EM Debt. Tax-loss rotations tend to happen towards the end of the calendar year, however, the unusual weakness ...

We highlight FFC - a strong performer in the preferreds sector that has just moved out to an attractive valuation. We also use FFC as a case study of how the Fed's rate hiking trajectory will raise most fund leverage costs and reduce CEF net income levels. And discuss strategies f...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of February and highlight recent market action. It was another down week for the CEF market with about a quarter of sectors now at double-digit losses for the year. We discuss how CEF sector tilts can drive fun...