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The proverbial shot-across-the-bow came last week as the markets finally reacted to inflation fears as reflected in the sizzling CPI (Consumer Price Index) and PPI (Producer Price Index) numbers. The closure of the Colonial Pipeline due to a cyber attack didn't help either as gasoline...
Nineteen out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 12 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while munis lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: May 2, 2021
The question today is, should you avoid CEF IPOs? From the data we have compiled, it seems that the averages come to be quite flat and it largely depends on the circumstances of its launch. One potential way to play this could be buying on day 1 and selling after 1-month of holdin...
BlackRock today announced the release of the first quarter fund commentary for BlackRock Capital Allocation Trust (NYSE: BCAT, CUSIP: 09260U109 or the “Trust”). BCAT is a closed-end fund that takes an unconstrained approach with the ability to invest in public and priv...
Nineteen out of 23 CEF sectors are positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. THW rights offering concludes and was undersubscribed. GUT's and CLM/CRF's rights offerings commentary. IRR will liquidate in another Saba victory, while IID was successful...
There are three primary things that I see a lot of newer CEF investors get hung up on; return of capital, section 19a and data aggregators distribution classifications. All three of these have to do with the tax character of the distributions and the mistakes that can be made. The...
Twenty-two out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: February 7, 2021
Sixteen out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 14 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: January 17, 2021
BCAT was launched several months ago on September 25th, 2020. Now that we have a few months of data to go off of, I wanted to check out the fund. The fund is interesting in how flexible it is, but quickly jumped to a premium valuation and has stayed there. For further detail...
17 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 19 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. PPR tender offer expires on January 4, 2021, and our Tactical Income-100 portfolio is tendering all shares. NHF's extended tender offer also expired. For further details see: W...
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The BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) listed below announced today the results of the Quarterly Measurement Period (as defined below) under their previously announced discount management programs (the “Programs”). Funds with a Trigger Event (as defined below) at...
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