HPI News and Press, John Hancock Preferred Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 04/08/20

Co-produced with Beyond Saving Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. You might not be able to find toilet paper on the shelves of your local grocer. But pretty much everywhere you look, you can find fear, uncertainty, and doubt. On the local news, on Facebook, in casual conversations, and here o...

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...

This article uses market data as of Tuesday close. A sharp drawdown period for preferred stocks has hammered asset coverage and increased leverage across the CEF sector. Given the sharp losses in the sector, asset coverage may be the last thing on investors' minds. Asset coverage, however,...

Is now the time to buy? For the last year or so we have attempted to invest conservatively, focusing on U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, as well as very high credit quality securities in corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. We tried to stay on the sidelines of risk as much as ...

Co-produced with PendragonY Rollercoasters can be lots of fun, but … Since the last week of February, the markets have been quite volatile, almost like a rollercoaster ride. While many people enjoy riding a rollercoaster, it's less than enjoyable when the market value of yo...

For income investors, closed-end funds, or CEFs, are an attractive investment class that offers high income generally in the range of 6%-10%, broad diversification in terms of a variety of asset classes, and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully and acquired at r...

Introduction This exceptionally long business cycle appears set to emerge from its third growth slowdown and has now reached the stage where a cyclical bull market in commodities can be expected. We are prepared to make timely adjustments to our investment portfolios to take advanta...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 17, 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 ...

For income investors, closed-end funds, or CEFs, are an attractive investment class that offers high income generally in the range of 6%-10%, broad diversification in terms of a variety of asset classes, and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully and acquired at r...

BOSTON , Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock closed-end funds listed below today declared their monthly distributions for January 2020 as follows:   The Funds listed above have accelerated the declaration, ex-date, and record date of the regularly scheduled ...