HQH News and Press, Tekla Healthcare Investors From 07/23/19

By Andy Acker, CFA & Luyi Guo, Ph.D., CFA & Rich Carney, CFA Last week, the Trump administration abandoned plans to overhaul drug rebates in Medicare while a federal judge ruled against listing prescription drug prices in TV ads. But U.S. drug reform is far from over, with implica...

By Stephen H. Dover, Executive Vice President, Head of Equities; Aman Gupta, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Franklin Mutual Series; Brian DeChristopher, Research Analyst, Franklin Equity Group; Evan McCulloch, Portfolio Manager, Director of Equity Research, Franklin Equity Group; Krzysz...

The "8% Income Portfolio" continues to perform well during good times and bad. Currently, it provides 10.40% yield on the cost basis and 7.20% yield on the current portfolio value. During the first six months of 2019, the portfolio has returned 18.28% (21% after excluding cash) with nearly 4...

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. However, CEFs c...

President Trump will issue an executive order on Monday related to healthcare price transparency, according to WSJ sources . More news on: Health Care Select Sect SPDR ETF, Vanguard Health Care ETF, iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF, Healthcare stocks news, News on ETFs Read more ...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 2 weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price moveme...

By Tony DeSpirito Markets tend to focus on one risk at a time, and it’s fragile U.S.-China relations that are front and center now. New blog contributor Tony DeSpirito offers up two potential takeaways for equity investors. Headlines over the U.S.-China trade dispute have been p...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers two weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price...

It was barely a month ago when it looked like everything was rosy. The economy and the GDP were humming along nicely with record high employment. Everyone believed that the US-China trade deal was almost a done deal. The steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico were done away with. Even...

“In summer, the song sings itself” --The Botticellian Trees, William Carlos Williams, 1931 The summer is getting off to a disharmonious start in 2019. Following a relentless +26% rally from Christmas Eve through the end of April, the S&P 500 Index turned cold in May...