UTG News and Press, Reaves Utility Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 01/05/21

I set my target dividend income high this year at $50,000. I only collected $45,273. If you don't miss your target on occasion, you are setting them high enough. Even though I missed my target dollar figure for dividends, I still grew my dividend income 19.59% over last year. ...

Some readers had showed interest in hearing what my personal top ten positions are. Using Portfolio Visualizer's tools looking through my top ten can provide some interesting data. These names should all be familiar, as a lot are held in the CEF/ETF Income Laboratory model portfol...

COVID-19 has led to power demand disruption and turned normally defensive utilities into laggards in recessionary 2020. That said, we believe that - with large scale vaccinations being administered - there is a clear light at the end of the tunnel. Utilities have weathered COVID-1...

The valuation of DNP has come down, but it's still not looking like the greatest value. An investor still interested in DNP might consider DUC and the potential merger that has been announced. For distribution consistency and stability, you can't beat this fund's track record. ...

The days of 2020 are coming to a close, you have steps you need to consider. Make it a yearly tradition in your portfolio. Traditions play an important role in most people's Decembers. For further details see: High-Yield Investing: Finish 2020 Right

After switching policy earlier this year, KMF continues to be plauged with a deep discount. This large discount and exposure to renewable utility/energy makes it an attractive buy at these levels. Midstream exposure has ticked up since last covering, partially due to a rebound. ...

Biden promised to roll back the Trump tax cuts. Utilities can benefit from higher taxes. With higher individual tax rates, the qualified dividends from utilities become more attractive. Utilities also are a defensive sector that will benefit from more infrastructure spending. ...

Closed-end funds are a 'wrapper' for other assets, not an asset class themselves. Funds utilizing leverage can benefit upside, but can also increase maximum drawdowns. Distributions can be set as high as they want - watch the NAV for sustainability. For further details see: ...

ASGI is a global infrastructure equity fund with a large amount of utility and industrial company common shares. The fund has no leverage and yields 7.6% (not earned because its an equity fund). Good comparisons to watch are UTG and UTF, which both have leverage, but ASGI has been...

The Trump administration has moved to make it harder to justify stricter air pollution limits in future federal environmental rules, which it hopes will protect the private sector from aggressive regulation by the Biden administration.The final rule makes changes to the Environmental Protecti...