JDD News and Press, Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest From 05/10/21

Nineteen out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 12 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while munis lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: May 2, 2021

The Board of Trustees of Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund (NYSE: JDD), Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (NYSE: JTA), and Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund (NYSE: JTD) have approved a proposal to reorganize the funds. The proposed reorganizations, if a...

JDD offers a unique approach to investing in their portfolio. They have overweight exposure to REITs, yet also carry senior loans and sovereign debt investments too. They were hit over the last several years, but longer-term I believe there is an opportunity here. For furthe...

Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund  (JDD) declares $0.196/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.Forward yield 8.62%Payable April 1; for shareholders of record March 15; ex-div March 12.See JDD Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further detail...

U.S. equity markets finished mostly lower this past week as partisan tensions raged on while economic data and corporate earnings reports indicated that the U.S. economy stumbled into the start of 2021. The S&P 500 retreated 1.5% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped more than 2% ami...

Healthcare REITs - particularly senior housing and long-term care facilities - have been "ground zero" of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as the illness has devastated the world's elderly populations. While the initial roll-out has been slow, the successful approval of coronavirus va...

One of the lasting lessons from a tumultuous 2020 was to "expect the unexpected." Several property sectors exhibited unexpected resilience that seemingly defied the macroeconomic headwinds. No sector defied the headwinds more than the Net Lease REIT sector. Of the 52 equity REITs that...

U.S. equity markets finished an unforgettable 2020 at record highs despite the unprecedented ongoing global pandemic, rallying back from a historic market sell-off that pushed financial markets to the absolute brink. Finishing the year with returns of 17.6%, the S&P 500 finis...

High Flyers: Cannabis REITs have been far-and-away the best-performing property sector for the second year in a row in 2020, soaring more than 150% despite the ongoing pandemic. Marijuana has continued along the seemingly unceasing path towards legalization. After the 2020 election, m...

U.S. equity markets finished modestly lower this past week as vaccine optimism and an IPO-frenzy were offset by concerns over the ongoing intensification of the coronavirus outbreak and resulting shutdowns. A potentially pivotal turning point in the battle against COVID-19, the FDA ap...