TWN News and Press, Taiwan Fund Inc. From 12/18/21

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

For the second month in three, equity CEFs on average witnessed negative returns, falling 2.61% on a NAV basis for November. While for the first month, three fixed income CEFs posted returns in the black (+0.12%). Thirty-six percent of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, wi...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

Current Taiwan economy and outlook. Key characteristics of the Taiwan equity market. The unique opportunities of closed-end fund TWN. For further details see: CEF Insights: Finding Opportunity In Taiwan's Tech Sector

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

Whether or not you should invest in “emerging markets” today really comes down to one thing, and that one thing is China. There is a great deal of uncertainty about the co-evolution of China’s markets with those of the US, Europe and non-China Asia-Pacific in the ...

Last year, we were looking at distribution changes due to the COVID pandemic sell-off. CEFs distribute out most of their earnings as distributions, so they pay relatively higher yields. However, relatively higher yields mean that any downturn is likely to cause distribution cuts. ...

Global real GDP reached a new high in the second quarter of 2021, completing a year-long recovery from the COVID-19 recession. The resilience of the global economy amid a lingering pandemic suggests that the world is learning to live with the COVID-19 virus. Western Europe's consu...

We’ve recently updated our Asia game theater, and although these changes partly reflect the recent regulatory crackdown in China, our update was independent of recent Chinese equity market volatility. Incentives appear to be aligning for increasing rhetoric between the United S...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...