HPF News and Press, John Hancock Pfd Income Fund II Pfd Income Fund II From 12/04/20

John Hancock preferred CEFs have seen slight discount widening recently. Deleveraging and overweight to energy detracted from performance during the COVID crash. Why we still prefer the Flaherty & Crumrine CEFs. For further details see: John Hancock Preferred CEFs Re...

John Hancock Closed-End Funds release earnings data PR Newswire BOSTON, MA, Nov. 19, 2020 BOSTON, MA , Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - The eight John Hancock Closed-End Funds listed in the table below announced earnings 1 for the three months ended Oc...

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists from various ranking screens are given. The top DxYxZ funds are PGZ, AOD and AGD. For further details see: The Chemist's 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report: ...

Preferred securities can carry features of both equities and fixed-income, while providing a fixed dividend payment. They are traditionally more stable than equities, due to the features that make them a fixed-income investment. We are looking at how CEFs in this space plummeted i...

We believe the overall credit health of the preferred market remains strong. Fixed income markets have seemingly come full circle thus far in 2020. Preferreds with exposure to commercial real estate, consumer spending, and energy all still offer above-average yield and total retur...

Steadily lower yields and heightened volatility make relative value opportunities an attractive alpha generation strategy in CEFs. We take a look at the relative value opportunities on offer in the preferreds CEF sector. A couple of rotation opportunities within the Flaherty fund ...

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. The top DxYxZ funds are PGZ, OXLC and AGD. PGZ, with a 12.10% yield and -22.32% discount, is a high-risk/-reward contrarian play. For further details see: Closed-End Fund ...

Author's note: This article was released to members on September 3, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's "High-High-Low" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500+ closed-end funds (CEFs) ...

Co-produced with PendragonY We are pleased to provide an update on John Hancock Preferred Income Fund ( HPI ), a preferred stock CEF that we hold in our Core Portfolio. While most preferred stock CEFs have had a huge run, HPI is still attractive at the current price with a yiel...

Along with distributions, month-end often brings interesting tidings to CEF investors. Distribution announcements are some of the most keenly watched pieces of information in the CEF space at the moment. The enormous volatility that we have seen in CEF space has hammered funds and put asset co...