PCF News and Press, High Income Securities Fund From 01/09/20

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 17, 2019. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence ...

Author's note : This report was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 23, 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...

You Can't Fight the Central Banks "Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws." - Mayer Amschel Rothschild When I was growing up in Kansas City, Missouri I often heard the expression that "You can't fight City Hall." This comment was based upon the o...

We've run through 10 different sectors or styles of investing in our year-end Marketplace Roundtable series. You can review the full list of roundtables at the end of this article in case you'd like to catch up on any specific angle. As we do every year, we conclude the series with the com...

High Income Securities Fund (NYSE: PCF ) declares $0.082/share monthly dividend , 70.8% increase from prior dividend of $0.048. More news on: High Income Securities Fund, Dividend News, , Read more ...

As previously announced, High Income Securities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: PCF) (the “Fund”) intends to make monthly distributions at an annual rate of at least 10% per annum as long as the Fund continues to be a registered investment company. Beginning in January 2020, the Fund intends ...

By Patricia Healy, CFA This commentary continues the discussion on key themes of the year, many long-term in nature, & reveal the need for govts & businesses to adapt. Pensions, budgets, state ratings, climate adaptation, cybersecurity, and investing This fourth-quarter com...

2019 finishes with an extra kick for investors. Part of that is the continued strong run of the market, erasing memories of last year's near bear market and extending the decade-long bull. There also are plenty of market headlines and events that have sprung over the end of the year, from Ph...

Although risk-free yields have nudged up a bit after seven years of Fed ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) from 2008 to 2015, the desirability of investment grade or bank insured yield vehicles remains muted. Indeed, with the 10-year Treasury continuing to sit sub-two percent and the Fed easing ...

Our weekly commentary goes out each Sunday evening and discusses the relevant CEF news on the week along with general market action. This report was issued on December 8 th to members of Yield Hunting. Macro Picture Last week we saw trade hopes spur the equity markets to new record ...