HFRO News and Press, Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund From 01/02/20

Where should you invest your money in 2020? As we enter a new year, cash offers meager returns; I’m currently getting 1.6% APY on my cash at SoFi and most interest rates are even worse. This matches the short-term applicable federal rate/AFR. Long-term rates are not much better a...

Co-produced with Trapping Value Today we offer our continued insights into the CLO sector (Collateralized Loan Obligations). During this last quarter both ECC and OXLC reported declining NAVs along the lines of which we highlighted in our last CLO report. ECC's management stated th...

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 ...

Closed-End Fund Analysis Closed-end funds ("CEFs") continue to chug along seeing some incremental increases in valuations (discount tightening) from already above average levels. While we don't think valuation levels are extreme here, especially given the new dovish Fed, they are not cheap e...

Co-produced with Trapping Value and Treading Softly Introduction While the market is near all-time highs, there's still some great news for income investors. Quite a few segments in the high-yield space are still significantly below their peaks. It's within this area that big oppo...

This report was released to members of Yield Hunting on Oct. 9. All data within is from that date. For a short version, skip down to the closed-end fund analysis section. Floating rate loans continue to be under pressure and one of the few areas of the bond market that is "cheap". As...

DALLAS , Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P. ("HCMFA") announced today that the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Highland Income Fund (NYSE: HFRO) ("HFRO" or the "Fund") approved a repurchase program pursuant to which the Fund may repurchase...

Note: This article was released to members 2 weeks ago. 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 ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate a...

Co-produced with Trapping Value and Treading Softly . Market turmoil brings threats and opportunities. Sifting through that and deciphering which is which is what makes investing so rewarding. As we scanned the rebound on Friday, October 4, 2019, one name was headed in the other directi...