KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 03/27/22

Lots of funds are cheap these days and paying high distribution yields, but Eagle Point Income represents a better bargain than many other funds because it is not as well understood. EIC is safer than many high yield bond funds because of the unique characteristics of CLO junior debt,...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered for this quality closed-end fund report. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Top DxYxZ funds are KIO, ARDC and DSL. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, March 2022: Attractive Val...

HIPS is an income fund invested in CEFs, MLPs, REITs, and BDCs. The high yield comes with a high expense ratio and share price decay. The current distribution per share doesn’t look sustainable in the long term. An alternative high-yield strategy taking into account tot...

Only funds with yields over 6.5%, coverage higher than 85% and trading at under a +5% premium are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are ARDC, EHI and JRI. Buys affirmed on portfolio holdings, ARDC, JRI and HYB. For furth...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Top DxYxZ funds are EHI, JPI and WEA. For further details see: Quality Closed-End Fund Report, February 2022

KKR Income Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) (NYSE: KIO) announced today that the Q4 investor call is now available on the Fund’s website. Jeremiah Lane and Aaron Dalrymple hosted the call and provided market color and portfolio updates for the fourth quarter of 2021....

We highlight FFC - a strong performer in the preferreds sector that has just moved out to an attractive valuation. We also use FFC as a case study of how the Fed's rate hiking trajectory will raise most fund leverage costs and reduce CEF net income levels. And discuss strategies f...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

Interest rates have risen sharply since the start of the year, causing some pain in the markets and a significant rise in the VIX. With the VIX up sharply, we risk seeing discounts widen from here given how tight they are. But with interest rates rising across the curve, discounts...