JHAA News and Press, Nuveen High Income 2023 Target Term Fund of Beneficial Interest From 06/24/21

The current market environment of both expensive asset and discount valuations is a tricky one for CEF investors. Target term CEFs offer a middle-ground option between perpetual CEFs and open-end funds with their typically lower beta profile and greater discount control. We take a...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY, and DxYxZ are given. Only one fund with >100% coverage had a negative z-score this month. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, June 2021

20 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead, while commodities lag. Covered call increased most in premium/discount valuation last week. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: June 13, 2021

20 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. GAB rights offering is now live. IGA/IGD/IDE tender results were pleasing, DEX tender coming up. DSE to merge into an open-ended fund soon. Portfolio holdings: distribution boost...

We review CEF market valuation and performance over the first week of June and highlight recent events. The CEF market pushed higher at the start of June with a favorable backdrop of stable Treasury yields and rising equity prices. Our stance in CEFs remains committed to seeking o...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. With discounts contracting, few non-muni income choices are attractively valued anymore. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, April 2021

The question today is, should you avoid CEF IPOs? From the data we have compiled, it seems that the averages come to be quite flat and it largely depends on the circumstances of its launch. One potential way to play this could be buying on day 1 and selling after 1-month of holdin...

Taxable bond CEFs are now at their tightest levels of the last eight years going back to 2012-early 2013. There's not much juice left. That doesn't mean that we need to sell out of CEFs, we just need to be more prudent and vigilant. That includes re-positioning to the best ideas along...

The high-yield CEF sector has done well though not as well as other sectors in terms of discount returns in the last month (+1.3%). The sector as a whole is near its long-term fair value with a discount of -5%. But with spreads near the pre-COVID tightest levels, there isn't much upsi...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top ranked funds are DSL, PGZ and KIO. For further details see: The Chemist's Quality Closed-End Fund Report: December 2020