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Everyone Wanting To Buy Suggests The Bear Still Prowls
07:00am, Monday, 23'rd Mar 2020
Is the bear market over? This is the question for investors. At the moment, the Federal Reserve is fighting a potentially losing battle – the bond market. The “
MFS Releases Closed-End Fund Income Distribution Sources for Certain Funds
12:00am, Monday, 23'rd Mar 2020Stocks That Hit 52-Week Lows On Thursday
02:49pm, Thursday, 19'th Mar 2020
On Thursday morning, 1178 companies hit new 52-week lows.
Facts of Interest:
The largest company by market cap to set a new 52-week low was Nuveen Preferred & Income...
And Into The Heart Of Darkness
01:15pm, Wednesday, 18'th Mar 2020
At the beginning of 2020 I said that the New Year would be nothing like the last year. Things are playing out as predicted and with devastating consequences. In
Primary Credit Market Is Key
11:36am, Monday, 16'th Mar 2020
If one is not attempting to be a hero forecaster, one key thing to look for is a resumption in corporate bond issuance. Although the corporate debt market is ex
CEF Market Pricing And Retail Investor Sentiment
07:41pm, Sunday, 15'th Mar 2020
Analysts have debated whether last week's intense market moves indicated retail investor panic or institutional investor selling. A look at CEF market pricing v
Impact Of Oil Collapse On High Yield Bond Market
02:15pm, Friday, 13'th Mar 2020
Brent oil has entered into a bear market, as prices have fallen almost $30 a barrel since the beginning of the year. With such large differences in exposure, we
Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: HQH And GGZ Boosts, GUT And OXLC N-2s (February 21, 2020)
04:03pm, Wednesday, 11'th Mar 2020
12 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 8 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV this week. Franklin Resources buys Legg Mason. HQH and GGZ boosts their distr
U.S. High Yield Faces Double Whammy
10:27am, Wednesday, 11'th Mar 2020
The spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has increased the downside risks to the fundamental picture for the US HY market. Compounding the situation is th
The Butterfly Effect
03:17pm, Tuesday, 10'th Mar 2020
The market is finally waking up to the prospects of not just viral contagion from coronavirus, but also to financial and geopolitical contagion. Credit spreads
Global Economy's Titanic: Meet Your Iceberg
02:29pm, Monday, 09'th Mar 2020
Years of easy credit, easy money. The two factors are closely correlated, but are also somewhat distinct. There are additional problems hidden within A and even
MFS Announces Closed-End Fund Distributions
09:15pm, Monday, 02'nd Mar 2020
MFS announces closed-end fund distributions for March 2020
Bond Investors Should Focus on Safety, Not Yield, Right Now
04:10pm, Friday, 28'th Feb 2020
The scramble for income created overvaluations that are being painfully unwound, particularly in closed-end bond funds.
Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: February 7, 2020
07:03am, Tuesday, 25'th Feb 2020
20 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 18 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV this week. Equities lead while munis lag. Big distribution boosts for EIM an
