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Discounts have been tightening across the board, BDJ has been doing the same but is still at an attractive valuation. The fund pays a monthly distribution, currently the yield works out to 6.73%. The fund is relatively diversified, but carries an overweight to financials which see...
Looking at how 6 choices since February 29th, 2020 have performed to February 21st, 2021. I still own 5 of the 6 funds and had even been adding more to these positions since then. Just as I was then, I'm still focused on being a long-term investor. For further details see: ...
BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust is a quality CEF meant for investors. Its forward dividend yield is about 6.9%. The fund generates income by investing in quality, dividend-paying large caps with growth potential. It also generates additional income by writing calls of its hol...
Many investors are suspicious of closed-end funds' apparently magical ability to buy assets whose "natural" yield is, for example, 6%, and pay distributions of, say, 9%. Is there some sort of alchemy at work here? Often when things seem "too good to be true," they are too good to be t...
Heading into 2020 I wouldn't have anticipated such a strong outcome for the broader indexes - though this was largely led by tech. Energy, once again for a third straight year in a row, was the worst performing sector. I remain quite optimistic for 2021 albeit we are heading into ...
We continue our Roundtable series with Part 2 - General Outlook. 2020 was a challenging year in many ways - the markets shrugged off the record drop in March and ended the year with new highs. 2021 brings us more uncertainty. Our Marketplace contributors offer their thoughts. ...
Though I'm not nearly as optimistic about 2021 as most prognosticators, we still have to go through the ritual of giving our Top Picks for the year. Looking back over 2020, it really was a year for huge winners and huge losers. There really was not a tide lifting all boats until...
Some readers had showed interest in hearing what my personal top ten positions are. Using Portfolio Visualizer's tools looking through my top ten can provide some interesting data. These names should all be familiar, as a lot are held in the CEF/ETF Income Laboratory model portfol...
It is important to remember that not all return of capital is necessarily destructive to a fund. Return of capital is a tax term and not a term for evaluating performance. Some investors look for return of capital to defer tax obligations, potentially indefinitely. For furth...
CEFs may be more susceptible to tax loss selling given they trade on a stock exchange and market prices can deviate from underlying net asset values. Tax loss selling into year-end may continue to pressure CEF discounts in the short term. These wide discounts may offer long-term i...
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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...
2024-06-10 02:08:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-05-09 10:40:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...