SPE News and Press, Special Opportunities Fund Inc From 04/27/20

"Here Comes Tonto" I am older than most of you. Not all of you, of course, but most of you. I have memories of Gene Autrey, and Roy Rogers, and "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty, 'Hi Ho Silver!' The Lone Ranger!" Some of you will not even know who I am ta...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Throughout the massive COVID-19 selloff, Stanford Chemist and I have received several inquiries relating to the bankruptcy of closed-end funds or funds going "bust." As we aren't out of the woods yet with selloff pressures, now mi...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on April 13, 2020, and includes a rare reposting of CEF news compilation and our commentary to members. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price m...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on March 30, 2020, and includes a rare reposting of our weekly commentary and actionable ideas. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements...

Originally published April 8, 2020 It has always been interesting to me how the media concentrates almost 100% on the equity markets. It is almost like the bond markets didn't exist or, if they did, that it was on some far off planet that didn't deserve anyone's attention. I have always fe...

Only 3% of all closed-end funds posted net asset value-based returns in the black in March with just 5% of equity CEFs and only 1% of fixed-income CEFs with returns in the plus column, says Refinitiv Lipper's Tom Roseen. More news on: Invesco CEF Income Composite Portfolio ETF, Cohen&...

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared the next three monthly dividends under the Fund’s managed distribution plan. Under the Fund’s managed di...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on March 16, 2020. 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 rec...

"The time to buy is when there is blood in the streets. Even if it is your own." - Baron Rothschild Well, I am sitting on the gutter in America. I am watching the stuff slide underneath my feet. Mark Grant is telling you, "There is blood in the streets." It is a medical crisis, which...

"We penetrated deeper and deeper into the Heart of Darkness" - Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness At the beginning of 2020 I said that the New Year would be nothing like the last year. Things are playing out as predicted, with Coronavirus thrown in for good measure, and with devastating co...