YYY News and Press, YieldShares High Income From 04/12/20

Originally published April 8, 2020 It has always been interesting to me how the media concentrates almost 100% on the equity markets. It is almost like the bond markets didn't exist or, if they did, that it was on some far off planet that didn't deserve anyone's attention. I have always fe...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission modifies some rules for business development companies and other closed-end funds, making them more similar to those followed by operating companies. More news on: Amplify High Income ETF, Invesco CEF Income Composite Portfolio ETF, Cohen&S...

My next article will be submitted, as soon as possible, after March 31, 2020, and will include an estimate for the April 2020 dividend for Credit Suisse X-Links Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN ( REML ). It will also include a postmortem for the UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2X Leveraged Mo...

"The time to buy is when there is blood in the streets. Even if it is your own." - Baron Rothschild Well, I am sitting on the gutter in America. I am watching the stuff slide underneath my feet. Mark Grant is telling you, "There is blood in the streets." It is a medical crisis, which...

Several months ago, we introduced our yield-target CEF portfolios. These portfolios are somewhat unusual from what CEF investors may be used to in the sense that they are not discretionary. In other words, they are quantitatively constructed according to a few simple goals. These goals are t...

"We penetrated deeper and deeper into the Heart of Darkness" - Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness At the beginning of 2020 I said that the New Year would be nothing like the last year. Things are playing out as predicted, with Coronavirus thrown in for good measure, and with devastating co...

I find it fascinating to reflect on how much the interest in Closed-End Fund investing has grown in the seven years I’ve been engaged with Seeking Alpha. I watched the analysis and commentary on the subject grow from an occasional article by a small handful of contributors to a steady...

The 10 year Treasury is at 1.47%. The 30 year Treasury bond is at an all time low yield of 1.92%. Just deal with it. Get over it. There ain't no yield in sight, and none is likely to show up anytime soon. The Fixed-Income markets have been flummoxed by the world's central banks and they n...

Strategy for a Sustainable, Inflation-Adjusted 7% Income As any observer of markets is aware, income has become expensive. One of my favorite wrappers for income investing - Closed-End Funds or CEFs - is a particularly clear example of this market trend. In a way this phenomenon should not...

One of the factors in my estimation that will be a huge part of 2020 is the Heaven that has been created by the central banks of the world for Borrowers. We are still tracking approximately $14 trillion in negatively yielding debt and while this number is not currently at its high mark of $17 ...