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Co-produced by Stanford Chemist As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on everyday life around the globe, central bankers around the world are trying to shore up their economies and provide relief. Unfortunately, throwing money at the situation and making moves that provide support to th...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. You might not be able to find toilet paper on the shelves of your local grocer. But pretty much everywhere you look, you can find fear, uncertainty, and doubt. On the local news, on Facebook, in casual conversations, and here o...

Co-produced with Treading Softly Here at High Dividend Opportunities, we recognize that humans are often excellent at reacting to short-term conditions. What do we mean? If the house is too hot, we lower the AC temp. If the house is too cold, we crank up the heat. If a baseball is ...

Along with distributions, month-end often brings interesting tidings to CEF investors. Distribution announcements are some of the most keenly watched pieces of information in the CEF space at the moment. The enormous volatility that we have seen in CEF space has hammered funds and put asset co...

Author's note : This article was released to members on March 24, 2020, and includes a rare reposting of our weekly commentary and actionable ideas. 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 se...

This article uses market data as of Monday close. The last few weeks have seen extreme drawdowns across various fixed-income sectors, preferreds included. And while prices remain depressed, CEF discounts have rallied all the way back to and above pre-drawdown levels. This suggests that add...

Co-produced with Treading Softly Here at High Dividend Opportunities, we utilize our Income Method. This means we have a plan, a means of investing and we follow it. No matter the market conditions. We know who we are, what we do best, and how to execute. We have seen however that two ty...

This article uses market data as of Tuesday close. A sharp drawdown period for preferred stocks has hammered asset coverage and increased leverage across the CEF sector. Given the sharp losses in the sector, asset coverage may be the last thing on investors' minds. Asset coverage, however,...

The equity markets have been nothing but bloody. The S&P 500 index plunged last week, marking the worst week since the Lehman collapse of 2008. Nothing was spared, not even the bond markets. Retail investors are in panic. And I would like to highlight today why I remain optimistic. Don&...

Is now the time to buy? For the last year or so we have attempted to invest conservatively, focusing on U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, as well as very high credit quality securities in corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. We tried to stay on the sidelines of risk as much as ...