JHI News and Press, John Hancock Investors Trust From 12/06/21

4 out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last week. Date for PIMCO merger of PCI and PKO into PDI announced. USA rights offering results. JDD, JTA and JTD have been merged into the multi-asset NMAI. For further details see: We...

John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) declares $0.3906/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 8.27% Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 13; ex-div Dec. 10. See JHI Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: Joh...

2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while convertibles lag. Asia equity is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: October 3, 2021

Three out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and six out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. GOF/GGM/GPM merger has been approved. RIV announces a new rights offering. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: Sept. 26, 2021

Major indices hit record highs again this week with mid-caps joining large-cap at all-time highs. August was the seventh consecutive month of gains for the S&P. Discounts widened for the third straight week with taxables going from 2.21% on August 15 to +0.68% on September 5. Whil...

Credit investing is a key way we achieve "equity returns without equity risk" in our Income Factory®. We begin a review of selected high-yield credit funds in the closed-end fund universe, many of which we hold in our model portfolios and in my personal portfolio. Credit bets...

I've been a loyal holder of Invesco Dynamic Credit Opportunity shares for quite some time, but the current choices available to shareholders bewilder me. I'm also unimpressed with the efforts, or lack thereof, by the fund management to make information readily available to current inv...

During July, global consensus earnings estimates have re-accelerated to the upside, representing another bullish impulse in the tug of war between high valuations on the one hand and strong profits momentum on the other. Despite market worries of a loss of momentum in the near term, t...

JHI is easy to miss, billing itself as an investment grade bond fund on CEF Connect when it really isn't. Fortunately, it also doesn't have the super-low yield of a typical investment grade bond fund. So it's a nice combination: high-yield bond fund that has a lot of investment gr...

4 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 1 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. ACP's rights offering was fully subscribed, causing a -3% NAV hit. BST's rights offering is ongoing, what to do for investors. FSLF will liquidate in another Saba victory, a slim arbit...