7 Closed-End Fund Buys (And 4 Sells) In The Month Of April 2025

2025-05-14 12:36:57 ET

Summary

• April's market volatility, driven by tariffs and led by tech sector declines, created opportunities to deploy cash.
• However, it was an opportunity to reposition my portfolio as well, with 2 swap trades to de-risk my portfolio.
• There were 2 corporate actions in the last month that also saw two more positions removed from my CEF portfolio, but overall, I was a net buyer for the month.

April was certainly one of the more exciting months we've had for investing in a while, as the tariffs announced by President Trump kicked in some significant volatility. This was mostly led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq reaching bear territory in a spectacular fashion. Then the S&P 500 hit that 20% decline level ever so briefly on an intraday basis on April 8 from its peak on February 19, 2025. However, as we've entered May already, we have seen the indexes recover everything from the April drop and work back toward their prior peak....

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