FCT News and Press, First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II of Beneficial Interest From 04/20/22

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.072 per share payable on May 16, 2022, to shareholders of record as of May 3, 2022. The ex-dividend date is e...

The iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF (FLOT) invests in Investment-Grade floating rate notes based on the Bloomberg Barclays US Floating Rate Note < 5 Years Index. While recent performance has been near the top amongst Floating-Rate funds, its long-term results are on the bottom of th...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.072 per share payable on April 18, 2022, to shareholders of record as of April 4, 2022. The ex-dividend date ...

HIPS is an income fund invested in CEFs, MLPs, REITs, and BDCs. The high yield comes with a high expense ratio and share price decay. The current distribution per share doesn’t look sustainable in the long term. An alternative high-yield strategy taking into account tot...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (NYSE:FCT) declares $0.072/share monthly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 7.11% Payable March 15; for shareholders of record March 2; ex-div March 1. See FCT Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further det...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.072 per share payable on March 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of March 2, 2022. The ex-dividend date ...

Short-duration high yield bonds and senior floating rate loans offer diversified yield opportunities with limited interest rate risk. With regard to the overall health of the market, we continue to see high yield and loan issuers stabilize margins and improve their balance sheets. ...

Interest rates have risen sharply since the start of the year, causing some pain in the markets and a significant rise in the VIX. With the VIX up sharply, we risk seeing discounts widen from here given how tight they are. But with interest rates rising across the curve, discounts...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has decreased its regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution to $0.072 per share from $0.0789 per share. The distribution will be payable on February 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of February 2,...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FCT) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.0789 per share payable on January 18, 2022, to shareholders of record as of January 4, 2022. The ex-dividend ...