JPC News and Press, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund From 11/11/20

65% of my retirement is betting on these two sectors. I see opportunities now that will provide years of income. Income investors need to scope out current opportunities for long-term gain. For further details see: Over Half Of My Retirement Is Invested In These Sectors ...

We believe the overall credit health of the preferred market remains strong. Fixed income markets have seemingly come full circle thus far in 2020. Preferreds with exposure to commercial real estate, consumer spending, and energy all still offer above-average yield and total retur...

Steadily lower yields and heightened volatility make relative value opportunities an attractive alpha generation strategy in CEFs. We take a look at the relative value opportunities on offer in the preferreds CEF sector. A couple of rotation opportunities within the Flaherty fund ...

We regularly write about multi-basket income strategies. They mostly have similar underlying principles but vary in terms of income needs, growth goals, and risk levels. We will go over our thesis as to how a diversified income method with low volatility could make you financially ind...

Nuveen: Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund (NYSE: NVG), Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund (NYSE: NUW), Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: NEA), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: NAZ), Nuveen Californi...

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. The top DxYxZ funds are PGZ, OXLC and AGD. PGZ, with a 12.10% yield and -22.32% discount, is a high-risk/-reward contrarian play. For further details see: Closed-End Fund ...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. We will discuss whether ECC and OXLC really have >100% coverage in a separate post. For further details see: Closed-End Fund 'Quality' Report: September 2020

Traditional income strategies, like fixed income, just won’t cut it anymore. Investors want higher yields, not to mention payouts that grow over time. So take a look at these closed-end funds (CEF): Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Nuveen Preferred...

Professional poker players focus much more on following a rigorous process rather than taking their cues from individual outcomes. As the former professional poker player Annie Duke says, "If we get our focus on process then, over the long run, the outcomes are going to come". In this regard, ...

Preferred stocks form an integral part of many income portfolios. In this article we review this CEF sector and give an update of how the sector funds stack up. Our main takeaway is that the Flaherty and Crumrine funds remain good options for low turnover investors due to their attractive yiel...