JPC News and Press, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund From 04/21/20

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on April 13, 2020, and includes a rare reposting of CEF news compilation and our commentary to members. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price m...

Some Background from Part-1 of this Article In today's article, we are going to expand on one of our recent articles titled " A Near Perfect Portfolio for Good, Bad and Ugly Times ." We will encourage readers to review the previous article (part-1) to be able to appreciate the usefulness of ...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. You might not be able to find toilet paper on the shelves of your local grocer. But pretty much everywhere you look, you can find fear, uncertainty, and doubt. On the local news, on Facebook, in casual conversations, and here o...

Co-produced with Treading Softly Here at High Dividend Opportunities, we recognize that humans are often excellent at reacting to short-term conditions. What do we mean? If the house is too hot, we lower the AC temp. If the house is too cold, we crank up the heat. If a baseball is ...

The following Nuveen closed-end funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) announced today that each Fund’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) has been postponed and that the meeting will be held as a virtual meeting:...

Along with distributions, month-end often brings interesting tidings to CEF investors. Distribution announcements are some of the most keenly watched pieces of information in the CEF space at the moment. The enormous volatility that we have seen in CEF space has hammered funds and put asset co...

What's a Near-Perfect Portfolio? Is it even possible? The future is always uncertain. No portfolio can be perfect, because it cannot meet all of its stated objectives in every situation all the time. No one can predict the future with any degree of certainty. Don’t ever believe the ...

Co-produced with Treading Softly Here at High Dividend Opportunities, we utilize our Income Method. This means we have a plan, a means of investing and we follow it. No matter the market conditions. We know who we are, what we do best, and how to execute. We have seen however that two ty...

This article uses market data as of Tuesday close. A sharp drawdown period for preferred stocks has hammered asset coverage and increased leverage across the CEF sector. Given the sharp losses in the sector, asset coverage may be the last thing on investors' minds. Asset coverage, however,...

Is now the time to buy? For the last year or so we have attempted to invest conservatively, focusing on U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, as well as very high credit quality securities in corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. We tried to stay on the sidelines of risk as much as ...