FAX News and Press, Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund Inc From 10/12/21

2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while convertibles lag. Asia equity is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: October 3, 2021

Do retirement solutions come any better than a safe 8% dividend, paid monthly? This is what we contrarian income seekers love about the Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund (FAX) . It pays 8% annually, dishes its dividend every month and, thanks to the debt situation in China, trades a...

The stock market goes up as well as down and, for whatever reason, it tends to swing wildly in September and October. With last Monday’s intraday price action, we saw our first 5% decline in a year. The last time the S&P 500 fell by 5% or more was… this time last year....

The fund has a very high allocation to China debt (22.1%) which is a negative in the current environment. Low Sharpe ratio of 0.25, with a very long and deep drawdown profile. The fund has an extremely high expense ratio of 2.87%, which is almost 50% higher than other fixed income...

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2021 / The following Aberdeen Standard Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on August 31, 2021 to all shareholders of reco...

As the world convalesced from the pandemic, stocks advanced in the second quarter and earnings rebounded across sectors. With business gains broadening amid complex market risks, we think investors should lean on quality to find stocks that will perform well in a normalizing world eco...

MSCI US REIT Index rallied 2.7% in June, which marks an impressive run of eight consecutive monthly increases. The Russell 3000 Index jumped 2.5% in June, the fifth straight monthly advance. Comparing GMI to US stocks and bonds shows that global asset allocation remains competitiv...

With the economic recovery undeniably ramping up, we ask managers for their thoughts on valuations in the markets. While lockdowns were protracted affairs for so many of us, the economic recovery has been astoundingly rapid in many parts of the world. Regardless of the shift in to...

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / June 23, 2021 / Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc.: ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC. (NYSE AMERICAN:FAX) ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC. (NYSE AMERICAN:IAF) ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC. (NYSE AMERICAN:FCO) ABERDEEN INCOME CREDIT STRAT...

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...