JPS News and Press, Nuveen Preferred & Income Securities Fund From 07/08/20

Author's note: this article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on June 28, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors ...

Although this article covers the results for the month of May, I did want to discuss a trade made during the month of June where we sold shares of Kimco ( KIM.PL ) Preferred Series L. As much as I would like to take credit for the timing of selling this holding I can honestly say it was lucky ...

PMI Composite FLASH Markit’s Composite Purchasing Managers Index has continued to recover, rising to 46.8 in mid-June from 37.0 in May. This is well off the low of 27 set in April. While it still shows the economy is in contraction (below 50.0), there is clearly a slowdown in the ra...

(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on Sunday, June 14, 2020. We issue similar commentary every Sunday night) Macro Picture Volatility returned this week in a big way with the Dow recording one of its largest point declines ever. The renewed fears of a second wave of coro...

Exactly a year ago we discussed how investors can go about making the choice between a closed-end and an open-end fund. Much has changed in the market since then so we take this opportunity to revisit our framework and see whether the developments over the past few months shed any additional...

Over the last few weeks, we have discussed the details of leverage changes of various PIMCO CEFs across a number of articles. The reason for our focus on changes in leverage and borrowings has to do with the outsized impact these fund characteristics have on fund earnings, distribution sustain...

(This is our Weekly Commentary from May 3. All data is from that date. We send out our Weekly Commentaries every Sunday evening). Macro Picture Equities ended the week mixed although the last two days were fairly weak, ending on a dour note. There's clearly a tug of war going on as inves...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving A great defense is a good offense. There are still many uncertainties in this market. The bullish rally could easily turn around from any little bit of negative news. Businesses are in the infancy stages of reopening, but how long will it take for consume...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on May 5, 2020. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recent...

(This report was published on April 29 to members of Yield Hunting. All data herein is from that date except the commentary in the update near the end.) Both Blackrock and Nuveen have reported their UNII and coverage data for March. The data is a bit different as the Nuveen muni CEFs sho...