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I am hopeful that there won't be a major second wave of infections, but I believe there is a good possibility that there will be one. But if most countries are able to avoid wide-scale lockdowns, the negative impact to the global economy should be relatively low, in my view. The stock...
Many investors are worried about the election's effect on the stock market, most often through a Biden victory leading to actual - or feared - measures that would clobber corporations. There is truth in the assertion that the market likes Republican victories, but the magnitude is pre...
The NASDAQ Composite Index broke a three-week losing streak gaining 1.1% last week while the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average extended losses for the fourth straight week. The main contributors to the recent pullback in the markets are last week’s announcement t...
For 94 years, the "average, annual" return for large-cap stocks, which per the Ibbotson data is the S&P 500, is above 10%, and probably closer to 12%. The only return period that matched or roughly approximates the 103-year average, annual return for the S&P 500 is the decade ...
"Enormous Uncerntainty." That is how SimplyWise stated the situation in their latest "retirement confidence survey." There are several critical issues in the index which encapsulate the ongoing financial distress that existed before the pandemic, but have since markedly worsened. ...
The investing environment will never be free of uncertainty. We can use this uncertainty to our advantage - getting positioned to make the most of the opportunity while trying to steer clear of unnecessary risks. Adapting to the ever-changing and unforeseen conditions with which t...
Over the last couple of weeks, we have been discussing the ongoing market correction. The sell-off has been orderly and not one of a "panic" induced decline. Given the challenges facing the markets over the intermediate term from a "contested election," a lack of financial support...
The numbers are just monstrous. The Fed's own data illuminate the historic monetary disorder that today runs wild. Unprecedented stimulus and market intervention from the Federal Reserve and global central bank community unleashed epic market speculation (in the face of rapidly deteri...
The economic calendar is loaded with important reports - all of the biggest. It will be the last official employment report before the election. The first Presidential debate is on Tuesday. I expect wide viewership but little market reaction. The economic data continue t...
We believe we have started a new economic expansion and new bull market in stocks, and that we are in the early phase in which stock returns are the greatest. This is why we view any correction in stocks to be a buying opportunity to increase our exposure to stocks and commodities abo...
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HARTFORD, Conn. , Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The reorganization of Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZF) with and into Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) has been completed. ZF ceased trading and dissolved as of the close of business on Friday, November ...
HARTFORD, Conn. , Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boards of Directors of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR), Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZF), and Duff & Phelps Select MLP and Midstream Energy Fund Inc. (NYSE: DSE), and the Board of Trus...
HARTFORD, Conn. , Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZF) previously announced the following quarterly distribution on September 25, 2019 : Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution...