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2024-04-02 13:19:29 ET Summary The abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund offers a yield of 8.38%, which compares well to similar closed-end funds. The AOD closed-end fund has underperformed global equity indices but has shown consistent performance under abrdn's management. The AO...
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the special meeting of shareholders of First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: FGB) (the “Fund”) held on February 20, 2024 has been adjourned in order to permit additional solicitation...
2023-11-01 22:35:28 ET Summary abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund is set to benefit from a potential year-end rally in equities, after being down more than -13% since our Sell rating. AOD is moving from a Sell to Hold rating due to its potential for positive momentum and attractive...
2023-10-08 05:37:39 ET Summary For the second straight month, both equity (-3.12% on a NAV basis) and fixed income (-1.94%) CEFs on average suffered downside performance. At month end, 9% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, with 11% of equity CEFs and 8% of fixed income ...
2023-09-14 13:08:20 ET More on First Trust Specialty Finance&Financial Opportunities Fund Dividend scorecard for First Trust Specialty Finance&Financial Opportunities Fund FGB: Remains A Pass For Serious BDC Investors FGB: Basket Of BDCs At A Discount ...
2023-08-10 22:17:17 ET First Trust Special Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund ( NYSE: FGB ) declares $0.0825/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 9.51% Payable Aug. 31; for shareholders of record Aug. 23; ex-div Aug. 22. See F...
2023-07-28 14:59:27 ET Summary As we approach Q2 business development company earnings, we take a look at First Trust Special Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund - a closed-end fund that allocates primarily to BDCs. On paper, the FGB CEF looks like a great buy - take a high-r...
2023-07-16 10:25:59 ET Summary The First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund has 93% of its fund invested in BDCs, which have been benefiting from rising interest rates. FGB offers a potential opportunity with its own double-digit discount, with its largest ...
Summary FGB has become an interesting fund to trade on occasion when larger-than-usual discounts open up. Recently, we've seen that discount open up once again to over 13%. The fund could also continue to benefit from rising interest rates due to the underlying portfolio being heavi...
Summary We take a look at the action in business development companies through the fourth week of January and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs had another good week with the sector approaching a double-digit return this year already. We take another look at FGB...
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First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the special meeting of shareholders of First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: FGB) (the “Fund”) held on February 20, 2024 has been adjourned in order to permit additional solicitation...
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FGB) has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled quarterly distribution of $0.0825 per share. The distribution will be payable on February 28, 2022, to shareholders of record as of February 23, 2022. The ...
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FGB) has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled quarterly distribution of $0.0825 per share. The distribution will be payable on December 1, 2020, to shareholders of record as of November 23, 2020. The e...