MGF News and Press, MFS Government Markets Income Trust From 04/23/21

Nineteen out of 23 CEF sectors are positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. THW rights offering concludes and was undersubscribed. GUT's and CLM/CRF's rights offerings commentary. IRR will liquidate in another Saba victory, while IID was successful...

Global PMI signals fastest rise in firms' input costs since 2008. Charges for goods and services both rise at steepest rates in PMI survey history. US sees sharpest price hikes, led by rising prices for consumer goods. For further details see: Global Price Gauge Hits New...

Global PMI highest since August 2014. Manufacturing reports robust expansion despite supply delays, services boosted by easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Consumer services show signs of steadying after steep downturn. US leads upturn, Brazil lags. For further details see:...

MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF) declares $0.0274/share monthly dividend, -2% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0280.Forward yield 7.51%Payable April 30; for shareholders of record April 14; ex-div April 13.See MGF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For furthe...

Global growth looks set to rebound even more strongly in 2021 than we had anticipated in our January Cyclical Outlook. Over the next several months, a combination of base effects, recent increases in energy prices, and price adjustments in sectors where activity ramps up is likely to ...

Upgrades to consensus EPS forecasts have continued apace, further cementing expectations for a V-shaped global growth recovery this year and next. FTSE World estimates for this year have been raised significantly over the past three months (from 15% to 28%), bolstered by upgrades for ...

13 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 13 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. BSTZ/BMEZ boosts distributions by +48.7% and +45.0% respectively. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: March 7, 2021

Revisiting DSL after the distribution cut looks like there is still some opportunity here. High yield and emerging market debt can mean less sensitivity to interest rate increases that DSL invests in. Distribution coverage going forward should be strong after the adjustment previo...

2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead, while Asia equity lags. Some Nuveen funds increase distributions due to adoption of a level distribution policy. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundu...

Since around 2007, the number of closed-end funds available on the market has been shrinking. These often income-oriented investment vehicles are now down to around 488 funds, and this number is about to go lower. Overall, this isn't a bad thing as it has primarily been coming fro...