KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 02/28/20

Note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Jan. 28, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's "High-High-Low" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500+ closed-end f...

There is virtually no yield left. None. I have pointed out Closed-End Funds as the only sector left with some yield and the complexities of this market, and I have pointed out that they trade as listed equities and this has not changed. However, if you are an insurance company, pension fund, u...

Introduction Positive weekly performance for the benchmark of high-yield bonds and most of the closed-end funds which invest in them. The concerns about the coronavirus and its possible economic impact is again on focus and the investors continue to monitor the situation as one of the main...

Stubbornly low interest rates still have many investors reaching far and wide for yield. But for others, high-yield corporate bonds are a bridge too far. Are they too risky? Do they hold up in volatile markets? Do they represent too much of an unknown? In fact, high-yield bonds have historic...

Investment returns will likely come down to a few big, unpredictable issues this year. We look at how they might upend market expectations. After a year of outsized returns for both equity and fixed-income markets, expectations for 2020 returns have settled closer to their long-run average...

By Robert Christian, Co-Head of Research and Investment Management, K2 Advisors; Brooks Ritchey, Co-Head of Investment Research and Management K2 Advisors Pricing dislocations in Europe, performance dispersion across the credit spectrum and shifts in the political landscape should likely ...

Introduction The past week was very interesting in every aspect. The prices of the main benchmark of the high-yield bonds and the closed-end funds which invest in high-yield bonds were very volatile compared to their usual behavior. The week started with a sell-off after coronavirus fears ...

I introduced our theoretically lower risk/reward "Widows & Orphans" version of an Income Factory in early 2018 ( link here ). Unlike my original Income Factory, which is a real portfolio that I've been reporting on for close to a decade and with results going back over 25 years (most recen...

A cornoavirus pandemic would be more of a "black swan" than the global financial crisis, says Moody's Chief Economist John Lonski . And while policymakers could flood the world with freshly minted cash to combat the financial crisis, Lonski isn't sure what tools they would have to deal with...

Note : data from the report are taken from the close of December 27, 2019. Chemist's "High-High-Low" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500+ closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation....