SPE News and Press, Special Opportunities Fund Inc From 08/31/20

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on August 25, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. 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 i...

Whether you are a senior, a retiree, a pension fund, a university endowment, or a whole host of other businesses that needs yield, and a cash flow, you are in the line of fire. With the 5 year and 10 year Treasuries hitting a record low yield last week, bond investors are in a wrath of hurt. I...

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...

I have said it often enough. We are in a "Borrower's Paradise" and a "Fixed-Income Investor's Hell." For people and institutions that need yield and a cash-flow you can just about "Forget about it." With the 10 year Treasury closing at 0.64% on Friday, we find the Bloomberg Treasury Index, wit...

For any of you that need to borrow money, you are in Paradise. This is for individuals or for corporations. We are at historical low yields and the cost of money is right above nothing. That would be Zero. Whether it is a mortgage, student loan, re-financing your debt at a bank, or for an...

(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on Sunday, June 14, 2020. We issue similar commentary every Sunday night) Macro Picture Volatility returned this week in a big way with the Dow recording one of its largest point declines ever. The renewed fears of a second wave of coro...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. ( SPE ) is a position we hold in our more aggressive Tactical Income-100 Portfolio. Within this portfolio, we try to take advantage of more aggressive investment strategies to potentially generate ...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on April 28, 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 recently co...

There was one article after another article, every place you looked, that the U.S. equity markets were going to correct anywhere from 25% to 50% down. That has not exactly been the case. The American stock markets have been up and up and up as the wrong focus was used. I have said, countless t...

"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...