FEO News and Press, First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund of Beneficial Interest From 09/29/20

Despite a growing economic and technological decoupling between China and the West, the financial divide is actually shrinking. China's bond market - now the second largest in the world - has seen increased foreign participation, especially in its government bond market, where foreign...

I haven't posted an article for some time, not because I have been inactive, but because I have been trying to get a better handle on where markets are headed, and which sectors have the greatest potential to participate. At the present time, the Fed continues to provide market support; howe...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on June 16, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-...

First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FEO) has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled quarterly distribution of $0.35 per share. The distribution will be payable on June 30, 2020, to shareholders of record as of June 23, 2020. The ex-dividend date is expected to ...

Author's note: This article was initially released on May 15, 2020 and data are from that date. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end ...

How I started 2020 with a smile and cash reserves In the beginning of January, I was full of enthusiasm for the stock market, not only in the U.S. but also in Europe, specifically for the Eurozone and in Poland. Not so much because of the climbing S&P 500 levels, as for my eagerness to p...

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE: MFD), First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (NYSE American: FEN), First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (NYSE: FFA), First Trust Mortgage Income Fund (NYSE: FMY), First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opport...

In my last article, I advanced my current strategy for investing in global and emerging markets closed-end funds. Since its publication all heck has broken loose in our private lives, our employment situations, in the investment arenas, and, for some in areas pertaining to our personal health....

As I have mentioned in prior articles detailing the re-balancing process I have followed; global, and emerging markets now occupy a more prominent place in the PPRP than they have in past years. My rational for this has been a monitoring of the FTSE All-World and the MSCI Emerging Markets indi...

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...