GIM News and Press, Templeton Global Income Fund Inc. From 11/22/20

COVID's precision-like timing was supernatural - nothing short of sinister. A once-in-a-century international pandemic surfacing in the waning days of an unrivaled global financial bubble. According to the IIF, U.S. debt is on course to expand about 13% this year to $80 trillion. As a...

We now have $16.9 trillion of negative yielding debt bouncing around the world. China has joined the crowd and just sold negative yielding debt in Europe. Virtually everyone supposes that this type of magic will not take place in the United States. For further details see: ...

23 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 23 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week as election volatility subsides. NHF tender offer begins, with an expiration date of December 10, 2020. We discuss RIV's rights offering results in a separate report. For further de...

Global equity market cap has certainly had its ups and downs, but over time the annualized growth rate of this statistic is about 7%. The market cap of global equities today is about 60% higher than it was in late March at the height of the Covid panic. Chart #4 below shows how th...

We remain neutral on equities overall. But believe global markets are likely to continue to trend higher. Investors must look forward to 2021 and from around Q221 the prospect of increasing availability of vaccines. For further details see: Global Perspectives - Cyclical...

Templeton Global Income Fund (GIM) declares $0.0147/share monthly dividend, -5.8% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0156.Forward yield 3.44%Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 16; ex-div Nov. 13.See GIM Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further detail...

Stimulus talks continue as the two parties try to hash out a deal before the elections.  That deal before November is becoming more elusive. The September payrolls report showed that 661K jobs were added in the month, which was below expectations of 850K.  Unemployment rate ...

22 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 17 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Markets rebound, led by commodities. MLPs are the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: October 4, 2020

Central bank mandates are to target inflation, not to bankrupt central governments because they do not approve of fiscal policies. Central banks always have had to maintain their balance sheet sizes, and there were a number of test cases of quantitative easing over the past decades. ...

Templeton Global Income Fund (GIM) declares $0.0156/share monthly dividend, 7.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.0145.Forward yield 3.5%Payable Oct. 30; for shareholders of record Oct. 15; ex-div Oct. 14.See GIM Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details ...