HPF News and Press, John Hancock Pfd Income Fund II Pfd Income Fund II From 03/04/21

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

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Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxYxZ funds are DSL, HPI, and HPF. For further details see: 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report, (Belated...

John Hancock Closed-End Funds Announce Update Regarding Annual Shareholder Meeting PR Newswire BOSTON , Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - The ten John Hancock closed-end funds listed below announced today that, because of the public health concerns regarding the n...

Preferred securities are one alternative source of income that investors may want to consider when looking to enhance yield in their portfolios. To alleviate concerns of concentration risk, we believe investors should consider non-financial preferreds ("ex financials"), which provide ...

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxYxZ funds are DSL, PGZ, and KIO. For further details see: The 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report, Dece...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promises high distributions and a reasonable total return. The market downturn earlier this year exposed the risk of high volatility and deep drawdowns with investin...

We take a look at year-to-date returns of the sector CEFs as well as the key drivers behind those returns. There are no easy answers in allocating to the sector as funds with the most robust structural features and no hedge NAV drags are also trading at elevated premiums. Given ho...

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxYxZ funds are PGZ, HPF, and DSL. Distribution cuts can bring potential opportunities if a sell-off occurs. ...

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...