EOS News and Press, Eaton Vance Enhance Equity Income Fund II From 05/18/23

2023-05-18 05:00:17 ET You just can’t argue with the power of index investing, right? After all, index funds boast ultra-low fees and simply track the market. And since stocks return about 7% per year on average, you should do well in the long run. Vanguard, founded back in 1975 ...

2023-05-17 20:39:33 ET Summary EOS had regularly traded at premiums throughout recent years but has since opened up to a discount. This discount came on the back of a tough year for the fund as it is heavily invested in growth. Additionally, they didn't escape the distribution...

2023-04-30 01:44:27 ET Summary Discounts/premiums are one of the most important metrics for CEFs that can provide opportunities for investors. Closed-end funds often see expanded discounts during volatile years, which we experienced in 2022. Volatility has been coming down in ...

2023-04-26 16:29:14 ET Summary Eighteen of the twenty-six titles in my total portfolio are CEFs, whose distributions may consist of income, capital gain or return of capital. In this article, I decided to examine the components of their distributions for early 2023, so as to under...

2023-04-25 10:19:09 ET Summary In early December of last year, I wrote an article saying that it was the best time to own the Eaton Vance equity CEFs since the COVID-19 pandemic. That was a result of distribution cuts declared a month earlier in November, which dropped the Eaton V...

2023-04-21 15:50:41 ET It's been a rather bearish week for most cryptocurrencies , with the aggregate value of the crypto market dropping by approximately 7.5% from the close of the stock market last Friday. However, a few notable underperformers have been receiving particularly negativ...

2023-04-07 08:46:30 ET Summary EOS dipped below a 5% discount to NAV at the end of March 2022: the most significant discount since COVID hammered the markets in 2020. Although the team at Eaton Vance had an uncharacteristically bad 2022, EOS is still a best-in-class performer amon...

2023-04-06 19:29:23 ET Summary For the second consecutive month, equity CEFs (-0.26%) on average witnessed negative performance while their fixed income CEF cohorts (+0.87%) posted gains for the second month in three. At month end, 13% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV,...

2023-04-03 11:59:27 ET Summary The world seeks complexity, but simplicity often trumps complexity. For my investment goals, I have made the choice to focus mainly on CEFs and ETFs, carefully weighing their merits and drawbacks. Those of us who invest in these income vehicles a...

Summary As in Led Zeppelin’s famous song, for me, investments in high-dividend securities represent a kind of stairway to heaven. Indeed, their steady flow of money relieves psychological pressure during times of market uncertainty and helps me experience them with greater peace ...