HYB News and Press, New America High Income Fund Inc. From 10/23/19

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

Note: This article was released to members 2 weeks ago. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate a...

Spanning the Gap Florence is my town, and it always will be. It is a town dominated by its cathedral and its dome: a great colossus, named “Cupolone” (“Big Dome”) by the Florentines. Cupolone remains the biggest brick dome in the world, with 463 spiraling —...

(Please note, this was released to members of our service Yield Hunting on September 18) This fund spotlight is highlighting a fund that was in the Flexible Portfolio around a 3.5% weight and sold for a nice gain of approximately 9%. We are looking at the fund in more depth and the activis...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

As readers know, our Income Factory™ strategy is to regard our portfolio as a factory and not worry much about how the market values it from time to time, but rather to focus on (1) the factory output (how much cash it produces), and (2) growing that output steadily at an "equity retu...

Usually, many people associate closed-end funds with high risk, high fees, and high leverage. Some would argue that they have no place in a conservative or retirement portfolio. We tend to differ. We believe that in spite of their obvious risks if used the right way, they can provide high-in...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

Note: this article was released to members 1 month ago. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. Based on feedback from members, it seems that a very many numb...

(Please note, this was published for members of Yield Hunting on September 2 nd . All data herein is from that date or earlier) One way we analyze funds is to see how their NAVs perform during certain periods of time. That can give us much more insight into how a fund is positioned and the...