JPC News and Press, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund From 04/17/21

If you've just retired and had a sizable chunk of cash to put to work, where can you earn a decent income while preserving and growing your capital? You may be in a situation where you need to move away from a fund-based investment approach to a self-managed income-oriented stock inve...

Expensive valuations, low underlying yields and increased issuer calls have generated concerns about CEF distribution cuts. We take a look at ways investors can mitigate the risk of CEF distribution cuts. We also highlight a number of investment options across CEFs and senior secu...

Retirees and others have been having a very difficult time generating portfolio income in today's climate. JPC is able to generate a higher yield than preferred ETFs that should prove attractive to such investors. Preferred securities are safer than common stocks in general but th...

Let's say you are fully invested in the stock market, be they individual stocks or indexes. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial have been up nearly 80% since bottoming in March 2020, exactly a year ago. Are we heading into a new and prolonged bull-market, or are we heading bl...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are CEV, JPC, and DSL. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, February 2021

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

The CEF market has put in very strong returns in the few months since our last update. We discuss some of the key themes driving the CEF market in the medium term. We also highlight a number of funds that we hold in our Income Portfolios: NMCO, DSL, NCV and others. For furth...

The preferred sector has been rich since the end of the summer and that hasn't changed. But CEF valuations have cheapened just a bit to make them worth a look. But unless we see another significant downturn and volatility, prices can remain near par for an extended period of time. ...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are NHF, ARDC and KIO. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, January 2021

If you've just retired and had a sizable chunk of cash to put to work, where can you earn a decent income while preserving your capital? The stock market is in a new bull-market after a brief but deep correction last year. Will the market keep going higher, or are there signs of troub...