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The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information has been so...
The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information has been so...
For the month only 8% of all CEFs posted NAV-based returns in the black, with 3% of equity CEFs and 12% of fixed income CEFs chalking up returns in the plus column. A move to less risky assets helped related CEF classifications mitigate losses better than other classifications for February. Co...
The strength of January disappeared in February despite little negative macroeconomic news, leading many analysts to conclude that profit-taking (and to a certain extend deleveraging) was driving the sudden fall in the S&P 500 ( SPY ). And while the shot-up in the VIX drove a fascinating, ...
I've received questions from prospective subscribers about the types of trade alerts that we issue to the members section of the Cambridge Income Laboratory . One type of trade is CEF arbitrage , or more specifically a pairs trade , where we simultaneously identify an overvalued CEF and an ...
By Benjamin Carton, economist in IMF’s Research Department; Joannes Mongardini, deputy division chief in IMF’s Research Department; and Yiqun Li, research assistant in IMF’s Research Department Over a decade of spectacular growth, demand for smartphones has created a n...
"Black Monday 2018" saw widespread and indiscriminate selling in CEFs. As mentioned in " Exploiting ETN/CEF Illiquidity - Playbook For Tomorrow ", this panic selling can trigger dislocations in the price of securities that can be exploited by the nimble investor. With CEFConnect NAV figures ...
The year has started extremely strong for stocks, so that even after the correction at the end of January, the S&P 500 ended up 5.7% YTD by the start of February. Index funds for junk bonds ( JNK ) and municipal bonds ( MUB ) did not fare as well, being flat and down 1.2% respectively: W...
CEFs are a consummate double-edge sword. On the surface, investors find a neatly packaged, diversified security typically with above-average cash flow generation capability. On the other hand, leverage employment, operational complexity, and a slew of variables can cause headaches and potentia...
BlackRock Resources and Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX ) - of $0.0516. BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ ) - of $0.0467. BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR ) - of $0.0776. BlackRock International Growth and Income Trust (NYSE: BGY ) - of $0.0380. ...
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BlackRock Advisors, LLC released today share repurchase activity for certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) during the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The Funds have authorized open market share repurchase programs (the “Repurchase Programs”) pursuant ...
Today I want to show you how to build a “three-click” income portfolio that gives us three things every income investor craves, especially these days: Big discounts on our investments. Big dividends, with a 10.6% yield averaged out across three funds. Wide di...
With 2022 likely to be a wild ride, we income investors are going to lean on two key advantages. In doing so, we’ll secure 7% dividends no matter what the broader markets do. First, we can secure this “head start” by January 1 by purchasing funds that yield 7%, on a...