EVN News and Press, Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust From 03/06/22

Reducing the tax obligation of an investor can mean greater returns when more of that cash is kept. When looking through closed-end funds, you will run across many funds that are tax-friendly. These are often equity funds to receive qualified dividends and long-term capital gains;...

Certain Eaton Vance Closed-End Funds Announce Telephonic Annual Meeting Of Shareholders On March 17, 2022 PR Newswire BOSTON , March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following notice relates to the combined Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Eaton Vance California...

2022 has not been kind to municipal bonds so far with an unusually sharp drawdown to kick off the year, driven by persistent inflation and a hawkish Fed. Sector valuations in absolute yield terms, relative to Treasuries and in CEF discount terms, are all now much more attractive than ...

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 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...

Munis are giving us a chance to own them again at some compelling discounts relative to long-term valuations. Today's valuations are in the bottom 20% of all observed data points going back to 1996. Thus, only 20% of the time have discounts been wider. However, when you compared c...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the fourth week of January and highlight recent market action. CEF discounts recovered this week after what looked like retail capitulation and despite NAVs moving lower on the week. Investors can sometimes be swayed by the op...

Interest rate volatility prompted another month of negative total returns. Below-average issuance was counterbalanced by a slowdown in demand. November could provide opportunities ahead of seasonal strength in December and January. For further details see: Muni Seasonal ...

We review CEF market valuation and performance over the last week of October and highlight recent market events. In aggregate, October was a near mirror-image of the price action in September as the market delivered decent NAV gains as well as strong discount action. Taper tantrum...

Rising interest rates drove negative total returns. Supply and demand dynamics turned less seasonally favorable and acted as a headwind. More attractive valuations could provide near-term opportunity. For further details see: Munis Remained Tethered To Rates In September...