KF News and Press, Korea Fund Inc. From 10/09/23

2023-10-09 09:44:10 ET Summary The JPM-managed Korea Fund is undergoing a period of relative underperformance. But there are mitigating factors, including relatively discounted portfolio valuations and a wide NAV discount. The broader Korean market remains cheap relative to it...

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Korea Fund, Inc. (NYSE: KF) (the “Fund”) has appointed Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Program Manager”) to serve as its agent and broker for purposes of implementing the Fund’s Discount Management Pr...

2023-07-13 06:21:55 ET Summary The Korea Fund is a good vehicle for gaining exposure to South Korea's stock market, especially in July when the discount is near a historical low. Despite underperforming the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, KF can outperform during bull markets, havin...

2023-05-21 06:15:38 ET Summary 2023 is shaping up to be a much better year for Korea as last year's headwinds begin to reverse. In addition to a fundamental export-led recovery, equities should also benefit from technical and policy-driven valuation tailwinds. JPMorgan's Korea...

2023-04-30 01:44:27 ET Summary Discounts/premiums are one of the most important metrics for CEFs that can provide opportunities for investors. Closed-end funds often see expanded discounts during volatile years, which we experienced in 2022. Volatility has been coming down in ...

2023-03-06 16:33:03 ET Summary The Korea Fund has geographic and industry diversification. Its performance track record is better than most Korean focused ETFs but investors are paying a slightly higher management expense ratio. KF provides exposure to South Korean blue chip c...

Summary The Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF is a smaller, less commonly covered ETF that tracks the performance of mid/large cap stocks in South Korea. South Korea is currently my top pick out of the top five largest MSCI Emerging Market countries, which include China, Taiwan, South Korea...

Summary The Taiwan Fund's discount to NAV is approaching 20%. This looks like one of the most attractive emerging market closed-end funds. I will accumulate during any country-specific or emerging market declines this year. Opportunity Overview Taiwan, the 2nd ...

Summary This closed-end fund trades at a large discount of circa 15%, has an acceptable expense ratio, and has performed a little better than its benchmark over the last decade. Korean stocks are amongst the world’s cheapest based on forward P/E ratio. Emerging markets, in genera...

Summary For the second month in a row, equity CEFs (+5.16% on a NAV basis) on average witnessed plus-side returns. While their fixed income CEF cohorts (+4.53%) posted gains for the first month in four. Only 19% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV at month end, with 20% of ...