FOF News and Press, Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund Inc. From 03/29/21

We've set the priorities for a sustainable income portfolio at high levels of income combined with high confidence that we'll have capital preservation over a retiree's lifetime. Meeting those goals means not pushing limits, rather we want investments that are steady, fairly conservat...

Cohen & Steers Closed-End Funds Declare Distributions for April, May and June 2021 Cohen & Steers Closed-End Funds Declare Distributions for April, May and June 2021 PR Newswire NEW YORK , March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boards of Directors of...

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...

I earned $778 in dividend income during February, shy of February 2020. I'll dig into why. No trades were made during the month. T. Rowe Price (20%) and Home Depot (10%) announced their yearly increases. For further details see: My Dividend Growth Portfolio February Upda...

Cohen & Steers Appoints Joseph M. Harvey as Acting Chief Executive Officer Cohen & Steers Appoints Joseph M. Harvey as Acting Chief Executive Officer PR Newswire NEW YORK , Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS), announced ...

Many investors are suspicious of closed-end funds' apparently magical ability to buy assets whose "natural" yield is, for example, 6%, and pay distributions of, say, 9%. Is there some sort of alchemy at work here? Often when things seem "too good to be true," they are too good to be t...

I earned $723 in dividend income in January, beating January of 2020. I'll dig into why. I added to Visa and Mastercard. BlackRock, Corning, and Prudential announced their yearly dividend increases. For further details see: My Dividend Growth Portfolio January Updat...

October-December KiplingerToday published four articles: 11 Best Monthly Dividend[s].for 2021; 21 Best Stocks To Buy.; 11 Dividend Growth Stocks; 25 Dividend Stocks Analysts Love. These I called Kiplinger Top-Stocks for2021. These 68 stocks included two duplicates (tinted yellow) leav...

A long-time reader asked for my thoughts on FOF. FOF is an actively-managed CEF investing in other fixed income and equity funds, mostly other CEFs. The fund yields 8.2%, quite good in this market, although average for a CEF. A look at the fund, its investment strategy, holdin...

Low interest rates for much of the last ten years have made it much tougher for investors seeking income from traditional sources such as bonds. Despite a recent improvement in performance, midstream yields remain well above historical averages and are superior to other income-oriente...