SPE News and Press, Special Opportunities Fund Inc From 01/04/19

"It is what you don't expect... that most needs looking for." - Neal Stephenson, Anthem The main issue here is will credit get cut off because of the inversion? A year ago, six months ago, there were all kinds of headlines and stories that we were heading for a 10-year Treasury yield of 4....

When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen. - A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh What better way to start off the New Year than a quote from Mr. Bear. He is, after all, the bulkhead of common sense and rational thinking, skills t...

Nope, we aren't at the bar, and it is not closing time. Where we are is the last few hours of the year. Father Time is shutting 2018 down as one door closes and another opens, while the "Great Game" continues, unabated. New beginnings are in order, and I hope you feel some level of excitement ...

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...

The policy of the Fed, in my view, is just plain wrong. In a signal that the tide is turning, the Fed lowered its growth forecast for next year from 2.50% to 2.30% and indicated it would only do two interest rate hikes in 2019, down from its earlier forecasts of three hikes. So thoughtful of t...

Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE: SPE ) declares annual dividend of  $1.45/share , consisting of $0.98 of LTCG, $0.20 of STCG, and $0.27 of NII. More news on: Special Opportunities Fund, Dividend News, , Read more ...

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared a year-end cash dividend of $1.45 per share of common stock which is estimated to consist of $0.98 of long term capital g...

Author's note: All data is as of Friday, November 16, 2018 , so numbers may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end f...

BlackRock ( BLK ) is the world's largest asset manager with $6.29 trillion in assets under management as of December 2017. I spoke with Jonathan Diorio VP of BlackRock Closed-End Funds and Stephen Minar VP of BlackRock Closed-End Funds today in response to my Open Letter To BlackRock CEO, L...

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...