RVT News and Press, Royce Value Trust Inc. From 02/26/20

NEW YORK , Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Oldest and largest small-cap closed-end fund Average weekly trading volume of approximately 1,248,410 shares Fund's adviser has more than 40 years of small- and micro-cap investment experience   Important Performance and Expens...

By Steven Raineri, Vice President, Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Franklin Small Cap Value Fund Many investors overlook lesser-known smaller companies in favor of well-known behemoths, but there are some mighty values in small-capitalization (cap) stocks, according to Franklin Small...

NEW YORK , Feb. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 18, 2020 , Franklin Resources, Inc. ("Franklin Resources") and Legg Mason , Inc. (" Legg Mason ") announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Franklin Resources to acquire Legg Mason . Royce Investment Partners...

Folks thought things were bad for value stocks during the Dot.com mania, and they were: At the peak of the bubble, the 10-year annualized underperformance of low P/E names vs. high P/E names was -2.7% More news on: Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, iShares S&P 500 Value ETF, Cornerstone...

NEW YORK , Jan. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Oldest and largest small-cap closed-end fund Average weekly trading volume of approximately 1,195,119 shares Fund's adviser has more than 40 years of small- and micro-cap investment experience   Important Performance and Expe...

The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information h...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 31, 2019. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highli...

A good run The portfolio was up 6.06% in Q4 and 26.79% for 2019. The four-year gain has been 62.40%. We've had several good runs since I began investing in 1982. At some point, we'll have a bear market. Don't get complacent. During 2019, we began taking monthly distributions from my IRA. I...

NEW YORK , Dec. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Oldest and largest small-cap closed-end fund Average weekly trading volume of approximately 1,084,902 shares Fund's adviser has more than 40 years of small- and micro-cap investment experience   Important Performance and Expense ...

Our weekly commentary goes out each Sunday evening and discusses the relevant CEF news on the week along with general market action. This report was issued on December 8 th to members of Yield Hunting. Macro Picture Last week we saw trade hopes spur the equity markets to new record ...