PDT News and Press, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund From 07/17/23

2023-07-17 03:27:10 ET Summary 6 out of 22 CEF sectors positive on price and 3 out of 22 sectors positive on NAV last week. PDT reduces distribution by 15%, FSCO boosts distribution by 15%. Some CEFs getting bubbly. Author’s note: This article was released t...

2023-07-10 16:56:59 ET Summary Investors today are desperate for any source of income to help them maintain their lifestyles in the face of surging inflation. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund invests in a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks and fixed-income securities to earn a ...

2023-07-03 15:03:27 ET Summary The Beta coefficient measures the behavior of a security relative to the market: a Beta greater than one indicates the investment is more volatile than the market, and vice versa. Standard Deviation, on the other hand, measures the range of an invest...

2023-07-03 07:55:39 ET John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund ( NYSE: PDT ) declares $0.0825/share monthly dividend , -15.4% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0975. Forward yield 8.4% Payable July 31; for shareholders of record July 13; ex-div July 12. See P...

JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND ANNOUNCES AMENDMENT TO MANAGED DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND DECLARES DECREASED MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION PR Newswire BOSTON , June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE: PDT) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund ma...

2023-06-01 17:18:39 ET Summary The market is composed of the intelligence and emotions of its participants, millions of people whose judgments and assessments guide its prices. Right now, the market is dominated by the expectation of a recession, and any data is read in its antici...

2023-04-27 17:06:17 ET Summary The high rate of inflation today has made investors and many investors desperate for income. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund invests in a blended portfolio of common stock and fixed-income assets in order to provide its shareholders with an incred...

2023-04-26 16:29:14 ET Summary Eighteen of the twenty-six titles in my total portfolio are CEFs, whose distributions may consist of income, capital gain or return of capital. In this article, I decided to examine the components of their distributions for early 2023, so as to under...

2023-04-03 11:59:27 ET Summary The world seeks complexity, but simplicity often trumps complexity. For my investment goals, I have made the choice to focus mainly on CEFs and ETFs, carefully weighing their merits and drawbacks. Those of us who invest in these income vehicles a...

2023-03-09 15:14:17 ET Summary Data aggregator websites such as Morningstar or CEFData are merely places to get initial ideas. With CEFs that can get rather niche and are actively managed, it becomes even more imperative as things change constantly. CEF misclassifications can ...