FT News and Press, Franklin Universal Trust From 04/27/20

"Here Comes Tonto" I am older than most of you. Not all of you, of course, but most of you. I have memories of Gene Autrey, and Roy Rogers, and "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty, 'Hi Ho Silver!' The Lone Ranger!" Some of you will not even know who I am ta...

Originally published April 8, 2020 It has always been interesting to me how the media concentrates almost 100% on the equity markets. It is almost like the bond markets didn't exist or, if they did, that it was on some far off planet that didn't deserve anyone's attention. I have always fe...

This article was originally published on January 21st. After a strong and sustained rally, it is hard to find an area of the market that still offers significant value. In this type of environment, funds with the greatest ability and range to look for value offer a lot of appeal. Our ma...

One of the factors in my estimation that will be a huge part of 2020 is the Heaven that has been created by the central banks of the world for Borrowers. We are still tracking approximately $14 trillion in negatively yielding debt and while this number is not currently at its high mark of $17 ...

We continue to live in a "Borrower's Paradise," Wonderland. That much is obvious with the 3 month Bill at 1.54%, the two year Treasury at 1.53% and the 10 year Treasury at 1.77%. Touting his bilateral trade deals and financial deregulation, at Davos, President Trump said that "we still have ...

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 ...

Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund ( UTF ) I consider Cohen & Steers to be one of the better fund sponsors in the CEF space. Their long-term performance on the REIT side is second to none and they have good funds in other areas of the hard asset space. One of those is UTF, an infrast...

Author's note : This article was initially released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Nov. 7, 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...

Note: This article was released to members on October 19, 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 and investigation. Previous editions of ...

Note: This report was released to members one month ago. 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 and investigation. Previous editions of the Rep...