WDI News and Press, Western Asset Diversified Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 09/27/22

Summary Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Top DxYxZ funds are HFRO, DHF and PHD. Author’s note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on September 19, 2022. Pleas...

Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the third week of September and highlight recent market action. CEFs had a tough week due to an upside surprise in inflation which pushed nearly all assets lower. We discuss why rising CEF leverage costs cannot exp...

Western Asset Diversified Income Fund ( NYSE: WDI ) had declared $0.125/share monthly dividend , 4.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.120. Payable Oct. 3; for shareholders of record Sept. 23; ex-div Sept. 22. See WDI Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Divi...

Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the third week of August and highlight recent market action. The CEF rally petered out this week as nearly all sectors finished in the red on the back of the Fed refusing to pivot in a dovish direction. CEFs with f...

Summary Risk assets continue to rebound with investors focusing on the potential of a Fed pivot given slower growth and inflation. We think we will shift from a stagflationary economic regime to a deflationary bust one. That means adding duration and quality. What are the best...

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 ...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of August and highlight recent market action. CEFs had another strong week as the recovery in income assets accelerated. We discuss the yield pick-up in CEFs versus open-end funds using HY Munis as a case study...

We take a look at two 10%-yielding Western Asset credit CEFs: DMO and WDI. The main differentiator is the allocation profile, with DMO primarily holding mortgage securities while WDI is more of a multi-sector credit fund. Both CEFs remain attractive in our view but feature charact...

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of September, October, and November 2022. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: This press release is not for tax reportin...

Similar to PDO, WDI has recently bumped up its distribution by a small amount. This is at a time when there have been some massive declines in the underlying portfolios. This highlights how important the fact is the price of the bonds doesn't impact the income generated from the p...