SPE News and Press, Special Opportunities Fund Inc From 11/28/19

The time tested and ageless saying "What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander" isn't working for the financial markets presently. The Goose, in this case, is the governments of the world. There will be no admission, of course, but they must certainly be delighted with the interest rate ...

"No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time." - Wonderland So you will just have to put up with it. You are going to have a dreadful time. I am going to explain something to you, and you will just have to suffer. Of course, you can always exit out of this article ...

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: SPE), announced today that its Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on December 11, 2019 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern time, at the offices of Blank Rome LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 16 th Floor, New York, NY. Stockholde...

This article was originally published October 1st, 2019. Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. ( SPE ) has recently released their Semi-Annual report for the period ending June 30th, 2019. The fund, at that time, was holding quite a high portion of cash equivalent (money market funds) in thei...

The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ) has experienced some big changes over the last few years: - In 2017, Bulldog Investors elected two directors to the Fund Board. Shareholders then approved a proposal for a large self-tender offer and elected two more Bulldog-associated directors. - In 2018, SW...

(This report and all data within was issued to members of Yield Hunting on September 23rd.) High Income Securities ( PCF ) This fund has a long and interesting history. It was left for dead after a long proxy battle with activists. Formerly named the Putnam High Income Securities Fund, i...

This article was selected to be shared with PRO+ subscribers - find out more here . In this article, we examine the merits of a former Business Development Company ((BDC)) that converted into a closed-end fund to invest in micro-cap companies using “constructive activism.” ...

Note: This report was released to members one month ago. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds (CEFs) for further due diligence and investigation. Previous editions of the Rep...

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For income investors, closed-end funds, or CEFs, are an attractive investment class that offers high income generally in the range of 6%-10%, broad diversification in terms of a variety of asset classes, and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully. However, CEF...