NCZ News and Press, AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II of Beneficial Interest From 10/23/18

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Tag Top Ten MoPay SML Stocks to Net 21.44% to 63.9% Gains To October, 2019 Two of the ten top-yield MoPay stocks (shaded in the chart above) were also among the top ten gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1 year target prices. Thus the yield...

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Our Savvy Senior "Income Factory" continued its steady, relentless job of collecting cash and re-investing it through the third quarter of 2018, with a total return for 9 months of 6.4%, which, if annualized, would be an 8.5% yearly return. In terms of cash distributions, we collected 8.54% on...

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Yes there's a parallel shift in the yield curve lately. Closed-end funds and fixed income are the victims these last two months, but there are some instruments that don't deserve this treatment. Now you are about to meet the ultimate preferred stock that yields like a "BBB" even though it's ...

The U.S. preferred stock marketplace experienced a monumental change during September and preferred stock issuers seem to have seen it coming. Increasing rates deliver increased income to preferred stock buyers as the dividends paid by new issues go up. But increasing dividend rates means an...

For the inaugural issue of The Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report (September 2016), describing the background and rationale of the Report, please click here . This edition uses data taken from the close of August 31, 2018. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "c...

For the inaugural issue of The Chemist's CEF Report (September 2016), describing the background and rationale of the Report, please click here . This edition uses data taken from the close of August 1, 2018. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "cefrep." Meth...

Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (“AllianzGI U.S.”), the investment manager of AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II (NYSE: NCZ) announced today the pricing of an offering of 4.36 million 5.50% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (the “Series A Cumulative Preferre...

By David King, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager Low or negative returns from equities and bonds are resulting in a spike of interest in convertible securities. David King provides a sector update. Q: What do you tell investors who've never looked at convertible securities before? D...