PPT News and Press, Putnam Premier Income Trust From 03/25/21

Upgrades to consensus EPS forecasts have continued apace, further cementing expectations for a V-shaped global growth recovery this year and next. FTSE World estimates for this year have been raised significantly over the past three months (from 15% to 28%), bolstered by upgrades for ...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

Broadly-defined commodities were the clear leader last month. US and foreign stocks also posted solid gains as did real estate investment trusts. The overall trend for markets was bullish last month, based on the Global Market Index (GMI). For further details see: Major ...

At WisdomTree, we think there is a unique opportunity presented in developed markets-one best accessed through a quality- and dividend growth-focused framework. In 2015, we launched the WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG), which seeks to track the Wisdo...

Stocks in emerging markets continued to lead the major asset classes in January as the top monthly performer. Emerging markets shares have been up for four straight months, pushing this slice of the world's equities to a wide one-year lead of nearly 28%. US stocks are posting the ...

Despite suffering steeper losses in the March panic and again in the September/October correction, the Russell 1000 finished 2020 with a threefold lead over its global peers (up 21% versus 6.8%, respectively). As was the case globally, P/E multiple expansion, rather than dividend or f...

Asset valuations, in themselves, cannot tell us when bubbles will burst, but they suggest when we are witnessing them and the depth of liquidation coming on the other side. Today, equities, corporate and many sovereign bonds (and the funds and ETFs that hold them) are more extremely p...

GBAB is a great long-term performer with high-quality characteristics. The fund is up over 8.7% YTD on price and 5.3% on NAV. The fund is increasingly venturing into tax-free munis as a way to supplant the declining taxable muni ("BAB") space. The yield is being 'juiced' a bit by ...

Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT) declares $0.026/share monthly dividend, -25.7% decrease from prior dividend of $0.035.Forward yield 6.74%Payable Jan. 4; for shareholders of record Dec. 23; ex-div Dec. 22.Payable Feb. 1; for shareholders of record Jan. 22; ex-div Jan. 21.See PPT Dividend Sco...

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...