ETV News and Press, Eaton Vance Corporation Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest From 02/09/22

I update my past lists of my top ten monthly payers, which I began compiling in 2015. I rank monthly payers by total return and dependability. The list has a number of new additions, though the old stalwarts remain. For further details see: My Top Ten Monthly Payers

EATON VANCE CLOSED-END FUNDS RELEASE ESTIMATED SOURCES OF DISTRIBUTIONS PR Newswire BOSTON , Dec. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Eaton Vance closed-end funds listed below released today the estimated sources of their December distributions (each a "Fun...

This article reviews my portfolio of dividend growth stocks, DivGro. I summarize transactions and show how those transactions affect DivGro's projected annual dividend income. I opened two new positions in November and added shares to 17 existing positions. Additionally, I reduced the...

EXD provides income investors with a monthly distribution, currently, the distribution yield comes in at 6.94%. The fund has been delivering much stronger returns for the last several years, after switching its investment policy. The distributions that EXD pays out are very tax-fr...

September didn't disappoint with its historical trend of being a down month. This snapped the S&P 500's long streak of positive monthly returns, with January of 2021 being the last negative return month. I took advantage of this sell-off by buying a bit more aggressively than ...

ETV has a yield of 8.2%. This is attractive if the distribution can be supported. I continue my series digging into CEFs beyond the yield with a look at ETV. While I think the NAV increases are likely to slow, I still see ETV as a good buy below $16.60. For further details s...

JCE joins the list of many other closed-end funds this year to trade at historically high valuations. This fund has touched premium levels in the past but only briefly. As of the latest market close, the fund is trading at a slight premium. For further details see: JCE: ...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

We wrote 2.5 years ago about EXD's catalyst for discount contraction due to its strategy change. We recommended that investors in ETV and ETB swap to EXD. EXD has outperformed ETV and ETB by more than 20% since then, or about +8% alpha per year. For further details see: ...

ETB is a buy-write CEF and has a primary objective of current income and capital gains. The fund's top 5 holdings are predominantly FAANGs. The fund pays a monthly dividend upwards of 7.8% from option premiums received, stock dividend received and capital gains on the underlying s...