HTD News and Press, John Hancock Tax Advantaged Dividend Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 10/28/21

Steadily lower yields and heightened volatility make relative value opportunities an attractive alpha generation strategy in CEFs. We review past relative value ideas and identify new ones across CEF sectors. Specifically, we highlight rotation opportunities for a number of PIMCO,...

A reliable selection criterion for building a portfolio of funds that are likely to produce above-average returns over the long haul is the goal of every CEF investor. For me, the flexible combination of a positive NAV since inception, discount on NAV, and leverage represents a practi...

Investors have been continuing to struggle with the current low interest rate environment as it renders it difficult to get any degree of income. HTD invests in a portfolio of primarily utility stocks but it is also diversified across several other sectors. The fund's very low tur...

In the years since I first discovered CEFs, I have focused on formulating the best selection criteria for building a portfolio of reliable securities over time. I have developed a personal rule of thumb for long-term CEF investing, obtained by the flexible combination of three basic p...

The current S&P 500 forward P/E ratio is 21 times, which is 20% above the median of 17.5 times of the last five years. Share buybacks and dividends are on the mend this year following cuts in 2020, but there is still significant ground to be made upon payouts. There are severa...

There is no "one size fits all" approach to when to sell, much like investing, in general. These are my experiences and recent portfolio sells that made sense for me. All of these positions could still have merits worthy of investing for the longer term if they are a right fit for...

Only funds with yields over 7%, coverage higher than 85% and trading at under a +5% premium are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are FEI, FPL and AOD. For further details see: The 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report,...

ERH is getting more expensive since we last covered the fund for seemingly no reason. I find it hard to get excited about this fund at the current valuation, but it also is unique. The fund invests in a portfolio of utility stocks and high-yield investments; the portfolio looks qu...

If rationality is the winning weapon of the Capricorn, I hope it will help me in the field of finance, preventing me from acting on impulse in the short term. One of my recent decisions was to reduce my Cupolone Income Portfolio to 12 CEFs by liquidating my entire position in RNP. ...

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund Notice To Shareholders - Sources of Distribution Under Section 19(a) Canada NewsWire BOSTON, MA , July 30, 2021 /CNW/ - John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (NYSE: HTD) (the "Fund"), a closed-en...