WIW News and Press, Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund From 11/02/21

The long-run risk premium forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded in October, edging up to 6.1%, based on revised numbers through last month. The new estimate is calculated in terms of the projected return over the “risk-free” rate, according to a risk-based...

US real estate investment trusts (REITs) and stocks posted the strongest returns for the major asset classes in October - by wide margins. US REITs surged 7.7% last month, reversing September’s sharp decline. The recovery puts American property shares in the lead for 2021 with ...

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE:WIW) traded today at a new 52-week high of $13.71. Approximately 180,000 shares have changed hands today, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 100,000 shares. Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Inc...

2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while convertibles lag. Asia equity is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: October 3, 2021

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in September for the Global Market Index (GMI), an unmanaged, market-value-weighted portfolio that holds all the major asset classes (except cash). GMI’s 0.97 Sharpe ratio is close to the highest levels reached in recent history. ...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Top DxYxZ funds are EHI and DSL. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report: September 2021

Global Market Index is useful as a starting point for research on asset allocation and portfolio design. Predictions for the market components are subject to greater uncertainty compared with aggregating forecasts, a process that may cancel out some of the errors through time. Com...

Global markets suffered their broadest retreat in a year during September. The bullish exception: commodities, which delivered a solid gain last month. Notably, US stocks and bonds lost ground, giving support to concerns that the historical diversification benefits of pairing the two ...

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 October and November 2021. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: Pursuant...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Only one fund with >100% coverage had a negative z-score this month. FPL could be worth a look. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, Au...