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Valuation matters when buying closed-end funds
I sometimes shake my head when I see recommendations for closed-end funds [CEFs] trading at historically high premiums. No matter how high-quality the fund's assets are, or how skilled management is, they cannot escape the mathematical force that is mean reversion.
Why not invest in a similar, but more undervalued fund instead and earn more money? This is