Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Stock News

After speculating earlier this year that Eaton Vance would raise its distributions on its equity CEFs, that was finally confirmed last week on April 1. The distribution increases range from 4.6% for E

It's taken well over a year, but I'm starting to sense that the Eaton Vance equity CEFs are finally turning the corner at market price support and appreciation. Now don't get me wrong. Their NAV perfo

Both the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund and the First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund implement an options writing strategy but carry it out in different ways. They both deliver respe

This happened in the fall of 2008 during the toxic mortgage crisis and in March 2020 during COVID-19. You see CEF shareholders sell at any price just to get out. Though this year has been more of a sl

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund writes call options to boost its income. ETB distributes 8% on the current market price to its income seeking unitholders. The closed-end fund has left us

FFA and ETB utilize an options writing strategy rather than being leveraged. With no leverage, they can be relatively less volatile during uncertain periods.

The ETB fund provides high current income by writing calls against a diversified portfolio of stocks. Call-writing funds trade off upside for premiums, which could lower long-term returns.

I've avoided the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund for years as it rose to a higher-and-higher premium which reached 20%-plus as recently as October. ETB is one of Eaton Vance's smaller eq

ETB is a "buy-write" equity CEF from Eaton Vance. The fund aims to mimic the S&P 500 index through its holdings.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (ETB) is an equity buy-write fund. We assigned the CEF a Sell rating during the summer on the back of an unsustainable premium to NAV.

ETB is a "buy-write" equity CEF from Eaton Vance. The CEF has an outstanding historical performance and has a great management team.

ETB continues to keep up its premium through 2022, despite the general widening of discounts and reduction in premiums we've seen in the CEF space. On the other hand, it hasn't escaped the declines of

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The last time I touched on ETB, the option writing fund from Eaton Vance wasn't getting as much attention as ETV.