USA News and Press, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund From 02/16/23

From what I can see, this year is setting up to be another 2016—and that’s likely to hand us a buying opportunity in our favorite high-yield investments: closed-end funds (CEFs). Here’s what I mean: after the market’s fast run higher in January, things have stalled...

Summary As a portfolio of high yielding dividend stocks and ETFs are all the rage, I took the time to calculate the total return of 52 high-yield dividend names. This hypothetical high yield dividend portfolio experienced a -15% total return, in 2022. I would argue my 26 company inv...

Recent headlines have spurred some readers to write in about China—specifically what rising tensions between Beijing and Washington (no thanks to the former’s ham-fisted spy-balloon fiasco) might mean for their portfolios. First up, we always need to bear in mind that stocks...

Summary Central Securities is an equities closed-end fund. The vehicle compares very favorably with other 'golden standard' equity CEFs, namely Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund. CET is defined by a large concentrated bet on a private insu...

These days, it seems like every investor is chasing that one big thing that will make them rich—the newest stock, technology, fad or whatever. We contrarian dividend investors know these folks well—you probably have a friend or family member who chased down gains in crypto, ...

United Airlines Holdings Inc ( NASDAQ: UAL ), on Tuesday, reported market-beating results for its fiscal fourth quarter. The stock gained 3.0% in extended hours. Peter McNally reacts to the earnings print Shareholders also cheered the forecast that revenue in the first quarter of 2023...

Vodafone Group plc ( LON: VOD ), on Tuesday, secured regulatory approval to offload its 70% stake in Vodafone Ghana (formerly known as Ghana Telecommunications Co.) to Telecel Group. Vodafone Group is pulling out of Ghana “NCA” – or the National Communications Aut...

Global Payments Inc ( NYSE: GPN ) has done well over the past thirty days but a Morgan Stanley analyst is convinced it’s not done pleasing its shareholders just yet. Global Payments stock could hit $135 a share James Faucette now rates this financial technology company at ...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ( NYSE: BABA ) is in focus on Tuesday after Ryan Cohen was reported to have built a stake in the multinational tech behemoth. Why did he amass a stake in Alibaba? The activist investor now has hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stake in the Chinese cong...

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund December 2022 Monthly Update PR Newswire BOSTON , Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the December 2022 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. (NYSE: USA ) Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Ti...