PPT News and Press, Putnam Premier Income Trust From 11/02/20

Markets returned to volatility as the tech boom became a tech wreck. The Nasdaq entered a full bear market falling over 20% from the peak. Our Core Income Portfolio is now over four years old and did well in September bucking the downward trend in the markets. Income (after tax) c...

Twenty out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 18 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs rally! RIV offering is now live, with a subscription floor of -5% discount. XFLT increases its distribution by +22%, restoring it to pre COVID-19 levels. For further detai...

We go through the dynamic macro picture with lots of moving parts as we culminate with the election in less than 40 days. We discuss the significant movement we saw in the CEF market in the last week, mostly lower, thanks to significant selling. There will be a report out tomorrow...

Six of eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through September 28, 2020. The top performer is China's Shanghai with a gain of 5.49%. Coming in last is London's FTSE 100 with a loss of 21.41%. For further details see: World Markets Update: September 28, 2020...

The weak trend in global trade and growth will not be enough to support risky assets such as equities in the coming months. The recent 10%+ consolidation in equities clearly shows how vulnerable is the market currently 'without' central banks and governments' help. Leading indicat...

We introduced the Yield Hunting Core Income Portfolio on Seeking Alpha in the latter half of 2016. At the time the US 10-year yield hit a record low of just 1.37%. While there was still some room left for it to fall further we were nearing the end of the full cycle of interest rates. The cyc...

By Jill Mislinski All eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through July 6, 2020. The top performer is our own S&P 500 with a loss of 1.58%. China's Shanghai is in second with a loss of 2.15% and in third is Tokyo's Nikkei 225 with a loss of 3.98%. Coming in last is Londo...

According to CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, World Exports (Volume) experienced a significant decline in April, down 16.8% YoY, registering their highest contraction since May 2009 (-19%). While EM exports fell by 'only' 6.5%, they experienced a titanic drop of 24.8% in ad...

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(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on Sunday, June 14, 2020. We issue similar commentary every Sunday night) Macro Picture Volatility returned this week in a big way with the Dow recording one of its largest point declines ever. The renewed fears of a second wave of coro...