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Despite the S&P 500 being up an impressive 18% in 2020, the utilities sector did not take part in the rally finishing the year flat. Reaves' John Bartlett has spent nearly 30 years closely tracking Utilities names through every type of investing environment. With a blue wave s...
Twenty-two out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: February 7, 2021
Natural gas (NG1:COM) leads an across-the-board surge in energy prices, with March nat gas futures +6.3% to $3.096/MMBtu, while March gasoline +4.1% to $1.7623/gal and March heating oil +2.3% to $1.8127/gal.The surge in prices comes as the Southwest Power Pool group of utilities covering 14 s...
Risk assets continued their historic run last week with EM equities and commodities leading the way. Bonds sold off as the 10-year Treasury note yield broke above 1.20% for the first time since the lows last spring. The 10-year TIPS yield closed the week at 1.02%, near the all-tim...
Central banks, the Federal Reserve in particular, have really pivoted its policy approach to let inflation, if it were to start to pick up, to let it run a little bit hotter than maybe they have in prior cycles. Each energy cycle, I think, has played a part in influencing how investor...
Several of the utility/infrastructure funds in the CEF space are quite popular. They are a good fit for a CEF portfolio; providing steady income and steady appreciation due to their stability. Looking at a review of past performance, valuation, distribution and what looks potentia...
16 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 14 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while preferreds/real estate lags. PPR tender results: decent pro-ration factor with quick +8% gain on tendered shares in our Tactical Income-100 portfolio. For further d...
We take a look at how income investors can think about MLP CEFs in the context of income portfolios. The combination of high midstream asset volatility and CEF leverage can lead to substantially reduced income levels relative to other income sectors. Our view remains that MLP CEFs...
COVID-19 has led to power demand disruption and turned normally defensive utilities into laggards in recessionary 2020. That said, we believe that - with large scale vaccinations being administered - there is a clear light at the end of the tunnel. Utilities have weathered COVID-1...
12 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 13 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week as markets take a breather. MLPs lead while real estate lags. EHT unexpectedly boosts its distribution as it enters its final year. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fu...
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2024-06-12 03:48:00 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...
2024-04-22 00:28:00 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...
2024-04-19 05:00:24 ET Vanilla investors are freaking out that Jerome Powell & Co. won’t cut rates right away. Who cares if we’re buying safe yields up to 11.0% like the three we’re about to highlight. This trio is positioned to benefit from an upcoming bull...