FCEF News and Press, First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF From 03/23/21

With this article, I open a series on building a sustainable retirement-income portfolio. The goal is high income, in the 7% to 8% range, with capital preservation. The first choice for this portfolio is one I consider a solid core holding in any effort to build sustainable, curre...

A fund of funds approach can give instant diversification. The strategy is approached and is utilized in active CEFs or passive ETFs. They can be appropriate for income investors as they all pay a dividend. For further details see: Income Lab Ideas: 'Fund Of Funds'

Multi-asset investing has grown dramatically in popularity during the last decade. This segment of the market has been relatively underserved by benchmark providers historically. Many multi-asset funds have operated without a formal benchmark or have relied on peer group approache...

First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF (FCEF) declares $0.09/share monthly dividend, -2.7% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0925.Forward yield 5.27%Payable Oct. 30; for shareholders of record Oct. 15; ex-div Oct. 14.See FCEF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For furt...

Funds that allocate to other CEFs can be an attractive investment during periods of CEF market dislocation, providing a beta play on a normalizing market. In this article, we review different funds available to investors for such a broad-based CEF exposure. We don't think we have reached the...

I find it fascinating to reflect on how much the interest in Closed-End Fund investing has grown in the seven years I’ve been engaged with Seeking Alpha. I watched the analysis and commentary on the subject grow from an occasional article by a small handful of contributors to a steady...

The Invesco CEF Income Composite Portfolio ETF (NYSE: PCEF ) tracks a basket of income-focused closed-end funds. "CEFs" are actively managed investment vehicles that may employ leverage or options-based strategies to support a higher level of regular income and distribution yields. PCEF is e...

My writing career on Seeking Alpha has predominantly focused on covering Income Ideas in exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds. It was only a matter of time until I covered the ETF which is investing in CEFs, right? Throughout my career as an investment advisor, I found there were g...

According to the BMAL Fund Manager Survey, global equity allocations continue to decline this month. That's in spite of a near-8% gain in the MSCI All Country World Index. Those who believe the S&P 500 has peaked rose to 34% from 11% five months ago. More news on: Tri-Continental, iS...

First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF (NASDAQ: FCEF ) - $0.0950. First Trust Municipal CEF Income Opportunity ETF (NASDAQ: MCEF ) - $0.0500. Payable Feb. 28; for shareholders of record Feb. 13; ex-div Feb. 12. Press Release More news on: First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF, Fir...