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General market sentiment has become downright dour in the last month, but you wouldn't know it by looking at movements in CEF discounts. Typically, when we see market volatility and especially when we see high-yield spreads in the bond market widen, the double-edged sword that is closed-end fu...

U.S. leveraged loans posted returns of ~4% in Q1, its best quarter since 2010, even though March's performance lost some luster, Bloomberg reports. More news on: Oxford Lane Capital, Invesco Senior Loan ETF, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., Financial stocks news, News on ETFs Read mor...

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Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. Previous editions of the report can be searched using the keyword "cefrep". A database of CEFs was obtained from CEFConne...

The good news: U.S. household debt and U.S. financial corporate debt have declined significantly from the 2008 financial crisis, writes Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan in an economic essay. More news on: Oxford Lane Capital, Invesco Senior Loan ETF, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., Ne...

U.S. banks' direct exposure to leveraged loans is contained and mitigated, Moody's Investors Service says in a new report. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ETF, Financial stocks news, News...

Goldman Sachs analyst Amanda Lynam advises investors to stay overweight on leveraged loans vs. high-yield bonds as she sees the "more room to run" in the asset class. More news on: Oxford Lane Capital, Invesco Senior Loan ETF, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., Financial stocks news, News on...

The Invesco Senior Loan ETF (NYSEARCA: BKLN ) took in $22.6M yesterday, according to Bloomberg. That adds to the roughly $200M of inflows seen the previous two sessions, and marks the first time since November that the fund has seen three straight days of inflows. More news on: Invesco Sen...

Risk in large syndicated bank loans has declined due to improving conditions in most sectors, say federal banking agencies in their "Shared National Credit Review" released Friday. More news on: Oxford Lane Capital, Invesco Senior Loan ETF, Eagle Point Credit Company Inc., Financial stoc...