PTY News and Press, Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund From 03/16/22

The world is distracted and worried. This means more are looking to sell than looking to buy. Whenever global tensions rise, a flight to "safety" in investments occur. I have two opportunities with yields up to 12% to present. For further details see: 2 Big Fat Dividends...

We have stubbornly refused to buy into the hype of PTY and PDO. The pricing has improved, and the recent selling looks like capitulation. Sentiment indicators line up as well. Do we go in? For further details see: PDO And PTY: Trade The Trounce But Fade The Bounce

This is one way closed-end funds can grow their total share count, contrary to the "closed" part of their structure. When utilizing a dividend reinvestment plan or DRIP, it is generally a win-win-win scenario for all involved. Many DRIPs are implemented in the same manner, with th...

Today, we are looking at how to tell if a fund might be paying a sustainable distribution or not. We use several examples covering both fixed-income and equity funds to help highlight their differences. Overall, fixed-income funds are more straightforward to analyze than equity fu...

After 53 weeks and $5,300 allocated, the Dividend Harvesting portfolio is generating $372.74 in annual dividend income. In week 53, I added to STWD, MFC, PFFD, PTY, THW. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has a 98.11% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception, 5...

There are several reasons why closed-end funds can pay higher distribution yields to investors. Closed-end funds can invest in more complex investments and include leverage or other strategies to help generate higher yields. These more stable payouts from these funds can be a mass...

Nobody begins an investment career with a fully-formed philosophy; it’s an achievement you can only realize after being exposed to life’s lessons. Twelve years ago, while “playing in the stock market,” I found myself overbalanced on natural gas but was save...

I wrote a different style article for the Year-End review. I plan on doing several updates like this in year 2 as a health check to the portfolio. In week 52 I added to INTC, PTY, AGNC, BRMK, and QYLD. The Dividend Harvesting Portfolio finished the year in the black by $164.59, is...

Jane's retirement accounts generated a total of $2,258.71 of dividend income for January 2022 vs. $2,267.28 of dividend income for January 2021. Jane's Traditional IRA had a balance of $435.8K as of January 31, 2022, vs. $349.5K on January 31, 2021. The estimated annualized dividend y...

After 51 weeks and $5,100 allocated, the Dividend Harvesting portfolio is generating $357.22 in annual dividend income. In week 51 I added to OHI, PDI, PTY, PFFA, RYLD. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has a 98.04% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception. ...