VBF News and Press, Invesco Bond Fund From 01/31/23

Summary The Invesco Bond Fund is a fixed income closed end fund. The CEF focuses on investment grade corporate bonds. After assigning it a Buy rating in October, the fund is up more than 19%. We feel the current market rally in rates and spreads is overstretched and it is pruden...

Invesco Bond Fund ( NYSE: VBF ) declares $0.0635/share monthly dividend , -38.3% decrease from prior dividend of $0.1030. Forward yield 4.84% Payable Jan. 31; for shareholders of record Jan. 17; ex-div Jan. 13. See VBF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Divid...

Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the first week of November and highlight recent market action. CEFs were broadly flat on the week with equity-linked sectors underperforming. We discuss some of the key questions surrounding the tax-loss season. ...

Invesco Bond Fund ( NYSE: VBF ) declares $0.0655/share monthly dividend , 11% increase from prior dividend of $0.0590. Forward yield 5.41% Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 15; ex-div Nov. 14. See VBF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & ...

Summary The Invesco Bond Fund (VBF) is a fixed income closed end fund. The CEF IPO-ed in 1970 and focuses on U.S. investment grade debentures. VBF's holdings and risk metrics are very similar to LQD's, although VBF is a CEF whereas LQD is an ETF. VBF is currently trading w...

Stocks rallied hard again this week with the S&P 500 up another 3.26% and now up 12.08% over the last month. The YTD losses are down to single digits. It does appear that there has been a significant amount of short covering during this rally. That has been especially the case as ...

Today, the US economy can be characterized by late cycle (perhaps even end cycle) with a stagflationary regime. A stagflationary regime is one where there is high and rising inflation combined with low or negative growth. Investing during this regime can be difficult. Eventually, ...

CEF NAVs took a big hit in June and continue to show downward trends as they have for most of this year. That trend is driven by wider spreads. Discounts have tightened a bit in recent weeks and are basically saying that a recession is not imminent. If a recession comes, much wider di...

21 out of 23 CEF sectors were positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors were positive on NAV last week. Saba moves against SMM. XFLT closes a common share and convertible share offering. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on ...

Invesco Bond Fund ( NYSE: VBF ) declares $0.059/share monthly dividend , 2.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.058. Forward yield 4.38% Payable July 29; for shareholders of record July 15; ex-div July 14. See VBF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & D...