KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 06/06/22

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

KKR Income Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) (NYSE: KIO) announced today that the Q1 2022 investor call is now available on the Fund’s website. Aaron Dalrymple, Tom Hobby and Terry Ing hosted the call and provided market color and portfolio updates for the first quart...

The expected risk premium continued sliding in April for the Global Markets Index (GMI). Tuesday’s revision reflects a drop to a 5.4% annualized increase for the long term – a relatively large cut of 40 basis points from last month’s estimate. The forecast ref...

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 HIX, EMD, and DLY. For further details see: The 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Re...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of April and highlight recent market action. The recent rally fizzled as the CEF space fell sharply with most sectors dropping more than 1%. We highlight funds that are likely to be more resilient in the face o...

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

XFLT remains on income investor radars given its double-digit yield and strong performance over the last few years. XFLT is a fund that has come up on the service a few times and in this article we highlight some of the misconceptions investors may hold about it. Overall, we remai...

Even though Stock and Bond markets aren't the "casinos" investors thought they were 100 years ago in the "Roaring '20s," investors are still always "betting" on some scenario. We may be betting on a company excelling and growing; or on its merely continuing to perform at its current l...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

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,...