KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 08/11/21

KKR Income Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) (NYSE: KIO) today announced that it will hold an investor update call on August 17th, 2021 at 11:00am ET. Jeremiah Lane and Aaron Dalrymple will host the call and provide market color and portfolio updates for the second quarter o...

We review CEF market valuation and performance over the last week of July and highlight recent market events. July CEF returns were wrapped around zero in aggregate as higher NAVs were offset by wider discounts. We continue to favor funds in a number of higher-yielding niche secto...

GMI’s 10-year Sharpe ratio (SR) edged up for a fifth straight month to 0.86, the highest since January 2020, based on a rolling ten-year window via monthly data. Profiling GMI through a drawdown lens also reflects an extended stretch of low risk. GMI is useful as a baseline...

The projected risk premium for the Global Market held steady in July at an annualized 6.0%, unchanged from the previous month. Despite the recent bounce, GMI’s trailing 10-year performance remains well below the previous 8%-plus peak. No one really knows what risk premia wi...

Most of the major asset classes continued to rise in July, led by US real estate investment trusts (REITs). US equities continued trending higher. The bull run also persisted for the Global Market Index (GMI) in July. For further details see: Major Asset Classes: July 20...

The US high-yield index is almost $1.6 trillion, but it pales in comparison to a broader global multi-sector universe that tops $8 trillion. Ever-changing global economic and market conditions mean every category has the chance of being the best or worst performing in any given year. ...

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

We think inflation is likely to fall back, but we are more sensitive to upside risk than at the start of the year. Evidence of longer-term investment in more and more sectors continues to build. Flexibility and a tactical approach across the full range of credit markets has been a...

One of the reasons KKR Income Opportunities Fund can pay out 7.8% distributions with over 100% earnings coverage is cheap institutional leverage that costs it less than 1% per annum. The "naked yield" on its investment portfolio (without the benefit of leverage) is 7.3% (and even lowe...

Global growth is expected to accelerate over the course of 2021. Despite steadily rising equity prices, these strong earnings numbers have acted as a counterbalance to valuations. While the market signals we follow generally point to constructive economic and market conditions for...