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We continue to live in "Wonderland" I tell you. Alice is pratting about and the Mad Hatter is hosting the tea party. For American borrowers, I say, take what advantage that you can, because lower rates will mean more stock buy-backs, more refinancing of both Investment Grade and High Yield d...
Three years ago, I wrote an unusual piece called " How do you Manage a Company when the Stock is Considerably Overvalued? ", part of it dealt with the simpler case of dealing with closed-end funds that trade at a consistent premium to NAV. Quoting that portion of the article: …w...
The time tested and ageless saying "What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander" isn't working for the financial markets presently. The Goose, in this case, is the governments of the world. There will be no admission, of course, but they must certainly be delighted with the interest rate ...
"No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time." - Wonderland So you will just have to put up with it. You are going to have a dreadful time. I am going to explain something to you, and you will just have to suffer. Of course, you can always exit out of this article ...
(Author's Note: As the Chief Global Strategist of my firm I am not allowed, by Compliance, to provide the specific name of any funds unless someone is a client of mine or my firm.) You see some article, almost every day, "This ETF has a 5.00%+ yield." The tout is on here and there is a ver...
If, ten years ago, I had told you that there were going to be negative yielding bonds you would have thought, "Poor Mark, he has lost his mind." Well, ten years ago I did not say it, and now we are all faced with a $10.475 trillion reality of bonds with negative yields. This has all been cause...
By Ansh Chaudhary For the month of April, the ETF Deathwatch increased in size. Thirty exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 26 funds were removed, making April a busier month in terms of additions. Of the removals, eight were removed due to increased health and 18 ...
You would think that Britain could reach a decision. You would think that the European Union could reach a decision. Obviously, both incorrect assumptions. It reminds me of Greece and then Italy just keep kicking the can along. The end-date was March 29 and then extended until April 12. Now ...
By Ansh Chaudhary For the month of February, the ETF Deathwatch decreased in size. 12 exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 30 funds were removed, making February a busier month in terms of removals. Of the removals, 13 were removed due to increased health and 17 we...
As you probably know, my beat is income. And in my newsletter, Peak Income , I specialize in finding cash-generating investments that are a little off the beaten path. Well, one of my favorite high-yield fishing ponds - closed-end funds ("CEFs") - is looking attractive again, and I've ...