EXD News and Press, Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Bond of Beneficial Interest From 03/04/21

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

Technicals and politics kept muni returns resilient to government rate rises... until now. While Treasuries have been selling off (pushing up their yields) on the reopening of the economy and inflation expectations, municipal bonds (munis) had remained resilient. For potentially m...

Why the run-up in rates has troubled equity markets more than credit, and why we think that is poised to continue. Since the start of the fourth quarter of 2020, the U.S. 10-year yield has risen by more than 80 basis points while the spread of the ICE Bank of America U.S. Corporate BB...

JTA and JTD are two offerings that are considered "tax-advantaged" from Nuveen. They offer a different type of exposure, rather than being overweight in tech, they are overweight in financials. This can prove useful for investors as a way to further diversify or reduce overweight ...

As an investor, municipal bonds could offer you tax-exempt income, which can carry more attractive advantages if current tax rates increase, and higher income-generating capabilities after accounting for tax. Don't let market-wide panic disrupt your investment plan. As an investor, mu...

FFA is an interesting covered call writing fund that isn't discussed too much. The fund trades at a deeper discount than several of the other call writing funds on the market. A lower distribution and quarterly payout schedule could be keeping this fund at a cheaper valuation. ...

Strong performance has continued to stretch rich muni bond valuations. We expect strong demand to continue outpacing elevated supply. Additional fiscal aid and vaccine distribution could support fundamentals. For further details see: Munis Off To A Running Start

Equity income can be defined as investments that derive most of their income from dividends, or equity positions. In the CEF space, we know that distributions constitute sources of income, capital gains and even return of capital. Today, I was looking at two tax-advantaged funds t...

Not all funds were forced to cut distributions during market panics. Today's list is of funds that have been paying the same or more regular distribution for a long time. These funds will now have made it through two different market panics, albeit the 2020 panic was much more brief. ...

Municipal bonds have done well since the election, since a Democratic Administration is typically good for additional state and local relief, even more badly needed this year thanks to the pandemic. Also, it's pretty clear higher taxes in some form or fashion are on the way, whether i...