ZTR News and Press, Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. From 07/05/22

Virtus Closed-End Funds Update PR Newswire HARTFORD, Conn. , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Four Virtus closed-end funds announced the legal reorganization of their fixed income investment subadvisers. There are no changes to the funds' investment professio...

With 2022's market, there seems to be almost no place to hide from the losses. Even energy has now joined in the bear market recently, though it's hard to tell with their hefty gains for the year still. There might not be too many places to escape the bear, but HTD keeps on paying...

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Declares Distributions PR Newswire HARTFORD, Conn. , May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) today announced the following monthly distributions: Under the terms of its M...

Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:ZTR) has declared $0.08/share monthly dividend, in line with previous. Payable May 19; for shareholders of record May 12; ex-div May 11. See ZTR Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: Virtus Gl...

ZTR has been providing relatively strong YTD returns so far in 2022. The fund is rather unique; they invest in a sleeve of utilities and a sleeve of bonds. The bonds have been taking a hit, but utilities have thwarted those downward moves. For further details see: ZTR: U...

Today, we are looking at how to tell if a fund might be paying a sustainable distribution or not. We use several examples covering both fixed-income and equity funds to help highlight their differences. Overall, fixed-income funds are more straightforward to analyze than equity fu...

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Authorizes Rights Offering PR Newswire HARTFORD, Conn. , March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the filing of a registration statement with...

ZTR is a multi-asset closed end fund that follows a 60/40 equity-fixed income allocation. The fund exhibits cyclical behavior, although on a long-term horizon basis it has posted good total trailing returns. The current 9.9% yield is only 25% supported by investment income. Ve...

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

ERH is getting more expensive since we last covered the fund for seemingly no reason. I find it hard to get excited about this fund at the current valuation, but it also is unique. The fund invests in a portfolio of utility stocks and high-yield investments; the portfolio looks qu...