FEO News and Press, First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund of Beneficial Interest From 02/05/20

From time to time certain "events" seem to spring up out of nowhere and adversely impact world markets. The recent Coronavirus appears to be the latest of these. In this article I try to determine if this is really a "Black Swan" or if indeed it is nothing but a "Red Herring". Before getting...

After a few months of research, head-scratching and decision-making I have completed the rebalancing of the Protected Principal Retirement Portfolio ((PPRP)). With changing world (and local) scenarios, I continue to hold about 12-15% cash reserves in the event that the correction I have been w...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 17, 2019. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence ...

The First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund (NYSE: FEO ) with $85 million in total assets under management is a closed-end fund that invests in emerging market equity and bonds. The fund distributes a fixed quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share that currently yields 9.7% achieved thro...

On Monday of this week I did a fairly large re-balancing (for me) of the PPRP, selling two large closed-end fund holdings and replacing them with six stocks and CEFs. While these transactions might not be "major" for some of you, they represented a big step for me, considering my conservative ...

The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 2 weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end ...

Welcome to my April update for my Green Dot Portfolio, a small self-directed retirement portfolio created in a Roth IRA trading account. April was the sixth month of my second year for my portfolio, and it was overall my second most profitable since portfolio inception. This year my goal is ...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 2 weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movem...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers two weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movement...