VTA News and Press, Invesco Credit Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest From 08/14/20

[This portfolio was introduced to our Inside the Income Factory members on July 20] "Hunker Down" Portfolio Given what we don't know about the future course of the pandemic here in the United States, how it will affect our economy and our financial markets, and what our political fut...

Author’s note: this article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on August 4, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's "High-High-Low" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database ...

(This report was issued to members on July 13). For those who like to go into the cheapest sectors, look no further than floating rate, at least within the taxable bond sectors. Loans are still cheap with an average price to par of just under $90. Couple that with the average discount on...

I haven't posted an article for some time, not because I have been inactive, but because I have been trying to get a better handle on where markets are headed, and which sectors have the greatest potential to participate. At the present time, the Fed continues to provide market support; howe...

Author’s note: this article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on July 2, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's "High-High-Low" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of...

Several years ago, I introduced our "Widow & Orphan" Income Factory portfolio as appropriate for investors with a more moderate risk/reward profile. "More moderate" is a relative term in the sense that it targeted an average distribution yield in the 8% range, which was lower and arguabl...

I will confess right up front that I have no idea which way the economy or the markets are going to go in the next few months or in 2021. Obviously there are a lot of optimists who believe that a combination of aggressive actions by the Fed, a resilient corporate America committed to muddling ...

Author's note: This article was initially released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on May 31, 2020, with certain numbers updated for public release. This month, I'd like to revisit the KKR Income Opportunities Fund (KIO), the top-ranked DxYxZ fund from last's month Chemist's "Hi...

By Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department and Fabio M. Natalucci, Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department Much the same way COVID-19 hits people with pre-existing health conditions more strongly, so is th...

The coronavirus outbreak and the effects of COVID-19 have gone deeper and wider than most people would have expected. That applies just as much to markets as anywhere. Whether it's a tech sector that is supporting our new work from home or re-rating as expensive EV/Sales multiples make less se...