GCV News and Press, Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. From 09/23/22

Summary 14 out of 23 CEF sectors were positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors were positive on NAV last week. HYT conducts a rights offering. ZTR rights offering has expired. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Septem...

Summary I have added to five positions in my portfolio, but I haven't included any new names. There was a mix of funds that were at attractive discounts, but also some that were pushing premiums. The main goal of building up my income month after month is still being achieved,...

Summary 20 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. OPP rights offering announced. Aberdeen (now "abrdn") and Delaware CEFs are merging, subject to shareholder approval. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/...

21 out of 23 CEF sectors were positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors were positive on NAV last week. Saba moves against SMM. XFLT closes a common share and convertible share offering. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on ...

GCV and ECF are both under the Gabelli umbrella and managed by the same people. GCV's distribution is higher, but ECF's distribution is also a fairly attractive 5% minimum managed policy. However, the performance of ECF is better, and the valuation is screaming for investors to sw...

1 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 0 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Volatility brings CEF rotation opportunities. Examples of three (non-portfolio) swaps. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: Volatility Brings CEF Rotation Opp...

A convertible bond combines features of stocks and traditional fixed income securities. In rising rate environments, convertibles have historically done quite well relative to longer-duration traditional fixed income investments. For a lot of investors, it’s tough to buy eq...

Four out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and three out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last two weeks. SPE has an upcoming tender offer. GUT has a rights offering coming up. JPT tender offer and FTF rights offering completed. For further details see: Weekly Closed-...

This is one way closed-end funds can grow their total share count, contrary to the "closed" part of their structure. When utilizing a dividend reinvestment plan or DRIP, it is generally a win-win-win scenario for all involved. Many DRIPs are implemented in the same manner, with th...

Today, we are looking at how to tell if a fund might be paying a sustainable distribution or not. We use several examples covering both fixed-income and equity funds to help highlight their differences. Overall, fixed-income funds are more straightforward to analyze than equity fu...