SPE News and Press, Special Opportunities Fund Inc From 09/07/18

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Fund’s 3.50% Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B. The dividend is payable on September 28, 2018 to hold...

In part 1 , we learned a lot about how Phil Goldstein and Andrew Dakos and the rest of the Bulldog Investors team successfully invest against the herd to generate market beating returns with less risk. We also learned about some high-quality Blackrock ( BLK ) municipal closed-end funds (MUJ a...

Phil Goldstein Andrew Dakos Yesterday I ventured 15 minutes from my home to Saddle Brook, NJ to meet with Phil Goldstein, Bulldog Investors Principal, Co-Founder, and Portfolio Manager and Andrew Dakos, Bulldog Investors Principal and Portfolio Manager. They were generous with their time...

This week in an interview with CNBC, President Trump expressed his displeasure with the Fed for raising interest rates while at the same time his administration is attempting to boost economic growth, saying that the Fed hikes "hurt all that we have done" and undermine America's "competitive...

The market remains laser-focused on the US-Chinese trade dispute, which appears to be driving not only markets but also the global activity and inflation indicators. After three rounds of talks, high-level discussions between the US and Chinese administrations appear to have stopped. Investo...