ETV News and Press, Eaton Vance Corporation Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest From 10/19/20

All three funds highlighted today with a 'Buy' rating are call writing funds. The lowest yielding fund covered today is at a distribution rate of 7.77%. During times of volatility, it is good to keep a close watch on potential funds worth picking up as discounts widen even further...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF income Laboratory members on September 8, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. 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] secto...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist The Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Strategy Fund ( EXD ) is having a relatively good year considering other areas of the market are still underwater. EXD is slightly down on a YTD total return basis; however, the tech tilt in t...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund ( ETY ) is currently trading at an enticing discount relative to the last several years. To see this type of valuation for an extended period, we would have to go back to 2016...

This article was co-authored with frequent reader, Kyle191 . There have been many articles on Seeking Alpha with the focus and excellent advice on how to retire early. Those pieces mainly focus on the investing and income side of early retirement. The emphasis of this article is to bring ...

Author's note: This article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on July 21. Please check latest data before investing. Dear CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members, I would like to welcome the new members who have joined us recently. Newer members should check out the " Gett...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist In the closed-end fund world, there are plenty of fund sponsors offering funds worthy of investing. Investors looking at getting started with CEFs may be interested in knowing where to get started. One of the first steps that can ...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist One of the best reasons (and probably main for many investors) to own a closed-end fund is because they pay out larger than typical distributions. They also often pay out these distributions every month. Therefore, retirees and th...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Eaton Vance offers many different types of closed-end funds. I believe they offer investors an attractive way to get familiar with CEFs. They usually offer all-around diversified exposure to equities in most of their funds, as wel...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist COVID-19 certainly has done much harm to the economy as we start to see the economic data come in. The U.S. GDP sank 4.8% in the first quarter. This certainly comes at no surprise with much of the economy on lockdown. It certain...