JPC News and Press, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund From 04/22/22

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top DxYxZ funds are DSL, BGH and EHI. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, April 2022

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered for this quality closed-end fund report. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Top DxYxZ funds are KIO, ARDC and DSL. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, March 2022: Attractive Val...

PTA continues to remain one of the more attractively priced preferred closed-end funds. At the same time, the fund has been holding up about as well as its peers on a YTD basis. This makes PTA a strong candidate for a long-term investor based on the attractive valuation. For...

Most discount widening in a rising rate cycle occurs before the actual first rate hike by the Federal Reserve. The Fed pivot scared a lot of income investors but it appears that the market is overly hawkish at this point, which could provide nice upside post-March. Discounts of CE...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Top DxYxZ funds are EHI, JPI and WEA. For further details see: Quality Closed-End Fund Report, February 2022

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the fourth week of January and highlight recent market action. CEF discounts recovered this week after what looked like retail capitulation and despite NAVs moving lower on the week. Investors can sometimes be swayed by the op...

Today, we are taking a refreshed look at the preferred closed-end fund space. We see that the entire space has become more expensive, yet at the same time, distribution yields have dropped - this is mirroring the broader CEF spaces actions. PTA comes up as the best value, though F...

This Closed End Fund has underperformed as we anticipated. The two distributions cuts certainly did not help. We look at the current pricing and discuss what we think about its prospects today. For further details see: FFC: Preferred Share Fund Gets Cheaper After Distrib...

Only funds with yields over 6.5%, coverage higher than 85% and trading at under a +5% premium are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are FPL, JRI and AOD. For further details see: 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report, N...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Top DxY funds are FPL, FDEU, and AOD. For further details see: Quality Closed-End Fund Report: November 2021