MCR News and Press, MFS Charter Income Trust From 02/05/20

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 ...

Foreword Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis, these dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your January 20 and 27 data from Barron's for 73 of 77 dividend paying stocks as supplem...

Foreword Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis, these dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your January 6 and 13 data from Barron's for 29 of 31 dividend-paying stocks as suppleme...

Introduction This exceptionally long business cycle appears set to emerge from its third growth slowdown and has now reached the stage where a cyclical bull market in commodities can be expected. We are prepared to make timely adjustments to our investment portfolios to take advanta...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector continue with their solid performance. The first days of 2020 were very positive for the benchmark of the sector. The closed-end funds which invest in high-yield bonds did not impress us with their performance but most of them ...

MFS Charter Income Trust (NYSE: MCR ) declares $0.05978/share monthly dividend , 0.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.05963A. Forward yield 8.5% Payable Jan. 31; for shareholders of record Jan. 15; ex-div Jan. 14. See MCR Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

Introduction It has been a challenging year for the global economy in 2019, and 2020 is not shaping up to be much, if any, easier. We project global GDP growth will be 3.0% this year, which would be the slowest pace of growth since the global recession of 2008 and 2009. For 2020, we do no...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 3, 2019. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highlig...

MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) is announcing portfolio management appointments to MFS® Charter Income Trust (NYSE: MCR), a closed end fund. Effective December 31, 2019, Henry Peabody and Philipp Burgener will join the portfolio management team of MFS Charter Income Trust...