WIW News and Press, Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund From 03/25/21

Investors have been hearing prognostications of “runaway inflation" for more than a decade now, since the end of the global financial crisis. With central banks and governments around the world offering up unprecedented stimulus spending to combat pandemic-induced economic disr...

The demand for money - as measured by the ratio of M2 to nominal GDP - currently stands very near to an all-time, eye-popping high. Compared to the levels which prevailed 2 years ago at this time of year, air traffic is now down only 40%, whereas at the lows of last April, air traffic...

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (WIW) declares $0.033/share monthly dividend, 6.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.031.Forward yield 3.18%Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 24; ex-div March 23.Payable April 30; for shareholders of record April...

Climate change has made the world a riskier place. Financial risks created by climate change are felt more acutely by developing economies, especially those that are not adequately prepared. As countries seek a sustainable path of recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed-end funds have declared their distributions pursuant to their managed distribution policy for the months of March, April, and May 2021. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: Pursuan...

Most investors consider day-to-day movements in their market values as the best measure for assessing risk of their positions. For CEF investors who are more concerned with income and capital preservation. So, we introduce some metrics to assess the yield being generated to the ri...

A long history of extremely low yields in Japan suggests that low yields do not necessarily map to low returns. Amid the dramatic sell-off in risk assets in March 2020 as the global pandemic took hold, and again in September 2020 when equity markets pulled back sharply, government bon...

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed-end funds have declared their distributions pursuant to their managed distribution policy for the months of December 2020, January and February 2021. The following dates apply to the distribution sched...

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (NYSE: WIA) Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE: WIW) Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (NYSE: WEA) Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:PAI) (each, a “Fun...

Activists fail to secure concessions from WIA. Fund managers used the crude but effective trick of repeatedly postponing the shareholder meeting. WIA could be replaced with its sister fund WIW. For further details see: Activists Fail To Secure Concessions From WIA