IGF News and Press, iShares Global Infrastructure ETF From 10/30/23

2023-10-30 11:34:27 ET Summary CEF activist Saba Capital is buying TEAF, potentially narrowing its high discount. Infrastructure and renewable energy stocks have underperformed in 2023 due to rising interest rates, market psychology, higher inflation, and recession concerns. D...

2023-10-05 17:29:16 ET Summary BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust invests in overlooked utilities and infrastructure companies that generate strong and stable cash flows. The BUI closed-end fund has underperformed the market, with shares down 17.37...

2023-09-22 02:28:00 ET Summary Private infrastructure offers unique investment characteristics and potential diversification benefits for portfolio construction. Implementing an unlisted infrastructure portfolio comes with inherent challenges, but adopting a multi-manager strategy...

2023-09-21 04:30:00 ET Summary Despite challenging economic and market conditions, there are compelling opportunities in the global listed infrastructure space in different countries. Strong demand for listed infrastructure has been coming from “dry powder” sitting u...

2023-08-18 14:22:52 ET Summary Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund offers a high yield of 10.44% and is trading below its intrinsic value. The MFD closed-end fund invests in companies involved in infrastructure and utilities assets, pro...

2023-08-11 23:35:00 ET Summary Christian Correa, Chief Investment Officer of Franklin Mutual Series, discusses his team’s top three themes for the back half of 2023. A tight labor market, strong consumer spending and economic strength across several industries have driven i...

2023-07-28 19:03:13 ET Summary The GRID ETF holds a portfolio of leading global electrical component makers that are required to build-out electrical transmission & distribution infrastructure growth and to support a smart-grid. That being the case, the GRID ETF is well positi...

2023-07-26 11:50:00 ET Summary While Q1 2023 ended with the banking instability threatening to erase market gains, U.S. equity markets recovered, and the Syntax US 500 Large Cap Index rose 8.9 % in Q2, driven predominantly by an AI-induced rally. Cooling inflation numbers and expe...

2023-06-23 13:34:23 ET Despite an upbeat market through much of the first half of 2023, JPMorgan remains cautious about the near-term outlook for the economy. “We still believe a recession is more likely than not," the firm stated Friday in a note to clients. "Our macro ‘b...

2023-06-09 06:15:00 ET Income investors may feel left out as they watch growth stocks ride the rising tide of the Nasdaq Composite 's epic 25.4% year-to-date gain. But veteran investors know that dividend investing isn't about outperforming an index by taking on a lot of risk. Rather, i...