KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 07/15/19

Make no mistake in your thinking. The nations of Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the rest of the European Union, along with Switzerland, and Japan, are "forcing" the Fed into a corner without any real escape. To begin with, the Fed, by its charter, is an "Independent Entity" created by t...

To many onlookers, since the great financial crisis, the world of fixed income securities has become an alien landscape. Yields on government bonds have fallen steadily across all developed markets. As the chart below reveals, there is now a record US$13trln+ of negative-yielding fixed income ...

Our Income Factory™ continues to do what it is supposed to, churn out cash at an "equity return" rate (plus/minus 10%) or higher, that we can re-invest to create our own long-term growth, regardless of how the market chooses to value our "factory" (i.e. our portfolio) from time to time....

Closed-end funds ("CEFs") rebounded in the month of June alongside risk markets after a weaker May. Discounts across the CEF space ended the month at -5.11%, about 27 bps tighter than on May 31. Z-scores continue to inch higher and rose to +0.75 from +0.58. CEFs have had a bit of a period of...

Welcome to my June update for my Green Dot Portfolio, a small self-directed retirement portfolio created in a Roth IRA trading account. June was the eighth month of my second year for my portfolio, and it was my most profitable month since portfolio inception. This year my goal is to achieve...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 1 month ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500+ closed-end fun...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 1 month ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end...

The bond market is putting a lot of pressure on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to start rate cuts in July and to signal such in the upcoming June 19th FOMC meeting. A meeting date two days prior to traders' often volatile June quadruple witch. To think that positions are not being taken for this "...

By Kathy A Jones Returns for fixed income investors have been very strong year-to-date in 2019. If you were invested, it's likely that you got a positive return. Every fixed income asset class, from the "risk-free" to the riskiest, has posted gains thanks to the steep drop in long-term int...

Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine plans to launch a fund that will invest in mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities, and collateralized loan obligations, according to a recent SEC filing. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays ...