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Interest rate volatility prompted another month of negative total returns. Below-average issuance was counterbalanced by a slowdown in demand. November could provide opportunities ahead of seasonal strength in December and January. For further details see: Muni Seasonal ...
21 out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and 22 out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last week. US equity leads while emerging market income lags. Asia equity is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: November 7, 2021
MFS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:MFM) declares $0.0235/share monthly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.93% Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 17; ex-div Nov. 16. See MFM Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: MFS Mun...
Rising interest rates drove negative total returns. Supply and demand dynamics turned less seasonally favorable and acted as a headwind. More attractive valuations could provide near-term opportunity. For further details see: Munis Remained Tethered To Rates In September...
2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while convertibles lag. Asia equity is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: October 3, 2021
Three out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and six out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. GOF/GGM/GPM merger has been approved. RIV announces a new rights offering. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: Sept. 26, 2021
Modestly negative performance in August capped a robust summer seasonal period. Issuance exceeded expectations, resulting in less of a supply/demand imbalance than is typical. We maintain a defensive posture into the historically less favorable month of September. For furthe...
The US House Ways and Means Committee released their new 881-page tax proposal –there's some tricky stuff in it. If passed, the new top Federal rate in the US will be 46.4 percent, while the top capital gains tax rate appears it will be 31.8 percent from my calculations. NY...
While they may have become more common over the last 10 years, municipal defaults and bankruptcies still remain rare overall. The five-year all-rated cumulative default rate of municipal bonds throughout the study period (1970-2020) was unchanged at 0.08% and still remains very low. ...
The option-adjusted-spread ((OAS)) on the investment grade or high-grade corporate bond index, is presently about 95-100 bps better than the equivalent Treasury. As of last Friday, August 27th, 2021, the BBB OAS was yielding about 104 bp’s over equivalent Treasuries, which shou...
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2024-06-26 15:20:00 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...
MFS ® High Income Municipal Trust (NYSE: CXE), MFS ® High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE: CMU), MFS ® Investment Grade Municipal Trust (NYSE: CXH), and MFS ® Municipal income Trust (NYSE: MFM) announced today that each fund will complete one or more optional parti...
2024-06-16 16:42:00 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...