STK News and Press, Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund Inc From 01/04/20

The "8% Income Portfolio" continues to perform well during good times and bad. Currently, it provides a 10.80% yield on the cost basis and a 7.02% yield on the current value of the portfolio. During the year 2019, the portfolio has returned more than 30% (26.5% after including cash reserve) ...

This article was first published on December 6, 2019. Price down, NAV up, that's what us closed-end fund investors are looking for. Well, those of us that are buyers and looking to increase our monthly cash flow. Those of us looking to sell are probably of a different mindset. BlackRock ...

Note: This article was released to Equity CEFs: Income + Opportunity subscribers on December 27th, 2019: Will 2020 be the year in which the debt bomb finally blows up? Will a socialist Democrat become this nation's next president? Will the Federal Reserve tap on the brakes and not ...

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 and acquired at r...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist . This article was originally published on November 23, 2019. We previously covered the topic of analyzing fixed-income and preferred stock distribution sustainability. Looking at NII trends and interest rate impacts to gauge the continuation of a rate. W...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 3, 2019. 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 highlig...

The Board of Directors (the Board) of Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc. (the Fund) (NYSE: STK ) today held a meeting at which its members considered and, thereafter, unanimously appointed Brian J. Gallagher to the Fund’s Board. His service with the Board will comm...

Closed-end-funds, "CEFs," represent an exciting market segment offering investors exposure to actively managed investment portfolios that often times feature more dynamic strategies compared to passive ETFs. While many investors are attracted to the income profile of the various funds with cor...

For retirees or near retirees (people aged over 55 but not retired yet), one of the major challenges is finding a sustainable income stream. Only 15 years ago, you could earn 5%-6% safe and guaranteed income from instruments like bank CDs with literally no risk. But that era is over and probab...

I still believe that a correction is coming; however, I think there are limited opportunities in today's market. That said, I have not made any significant changes to the sector allocations presented in the last article . The one change I am thinking about making is to increase the allocati...