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BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Aaron Pressman |
Discount Days For Closed-End Funds A glut of new funds worsened year-end slides. But that means you might find a deal   |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2002
Stan Luxenberg |
Calming the Terrified Client For most clients, however, there are options more lucrative than principal-protection funds that provide a respectable return without assuming the risk of straight equity funds. Consider, for example, closed-end municipal bond funds. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012
Alan Lavine |
A Few Bargains Be selective when buying closed-end stock funds. |
Registered Rep.
June 11, 2014
Stan Luxenberg |
Bargains in Closed-End Funds? According to Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, the average closed-end bond fund now sells at a 6% discount to the value of its assets. You can buy $1 worth of bonds for 94 cents. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2007
Douglas R. Bond |
In Search of Yield A noted fund manager explains a strategy for trading closed-end funds. |
Financial Advisor
July 2006
Marla Brill |
Options For Generating Income Judging from a slew of recent offerings, Wall Street is betting that a high-yielding twist on an old fund idea will attract investors looking for higher interest rates who are wary of fluctuating bond prices. |
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Eric Uhlfelder |
Primed for Income An old standby -- the closed-end fund -- is showing new life, finding a receptive audience among the income needy. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Alan Lavine |
In The Basement Like many other securities, closed-end preferred stock funds have been hit hard by the national financial crisis. |
BusinessWeek
April 16, 2007
Aaron Pressman |
Funds For The Dividend Junkie Put your money in one of the new, so-called dividend capture funds, and you get the equivalent of six dividends a year. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Aaron Pressman |
Option Income Funds: Watch Out Option income funds, which hold stocks and sell call options against them, offer payouts that are generous in these low-yield times, but the risks are great. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let These High Yields Fool You Some payouts are too good to be true. Sometimes, a high-yielding investment might seem like the best answer to your financial problems. Unfortunately, closed-end funds with high yields are much riskier than you think. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2004
Mathew Emmert |
Closing In on Dividends Closed-end mutual funds can supplement your dividend-paying stock portfolio. |
Registered Rep.
February 13, 2012
Stan Luxenberg |
Searching for Yield Yield-starved investors have good reason to be increasingly frustrated. Money-market funds yield next to nothing, and 5-year Treasuries yield less than 1 percent. TIPS sport negative yields. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003
Ian Katz |
Closed-Ends: The Window Is Closing Their heavy reliance on bonds makes them risky when rates are rising. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Better Yields Yield can be found in a variety of places, from the most common to the highly esoteric. Here's a look at some of them. |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Income: Why Cash Could Be King Looking for the highest, safest yields? You may want to open a savings account. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Eric Uhlfelder |
Searching For Yield Venture just slightly beyond familiar places advisors look for income and advisors can find opportunities in which to find yield. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2005
Susan Weiner |
Proceed with Caution High-yield bond funds have hit some potholes recently, but don't consign them to the junk heap just yet. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2010
Russ Krull |
Muni Bond ETFs? Not So Fast An argument against municipal bond exchange-traded funds. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
These Dividends Are Outrageous There are safer, more prudent ways to generate income than closed-end funds. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Jeff Schlegel |
Paying Dividends The malaise in fixed-income yields is proving to be the perfect excuse for income investors to look at dividend strategies. |
Financial Advisor
August 2012
Alan Lavine |
Preferred Stock Market Going Through Changes Regulatory changes may lead to a dramatic fall in issuance. If you plan to invest client assets in preferred stocks, be sure to put on your financial analyst's hat. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
It's Time to Buy These Discount Investments Closed-end funds offer a double discount. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
3 Last-Chance Opportunities for 2009 These windows of opportunity will close by the end of the year. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
A Disaster Waiting to Happen Paying up for funds that just give you your money back isn't smart. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Jason Brady |
A Race for Income Most investors who are searching for income from their investments look at one factor: yield. Is this the right approach? |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Best Place to Find Income Now Bond yields and dividend yields are moving in opposite directions. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Dollar for 85 Cents Closed-end mutual funds offer more bang for your investing buck as long as they are trading at a discount. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Be Fooled by "Safe" Payouts No investment is completely safe right now. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Marla Brill |
Filling The Tax-Favored Dividend Void Investors seem to covet higher dividends and lower taxes. Forty-three percent of respondents to a recent survey of 600 individuals conducted by American Century Investments said they are more likely to buy stocks that pay dividends qualifying for the new tax rate. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2004
Art Gering |
Fitting In As a leading equity source for income, REITs try to find their rightful place in dividend-focused funds |
Financial Advisor
July 2004
Alan Lavine |
Potential Shields From Rising Rates Loan funds may be a low-risk option for investors. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
The Quest for Yield With a flat yield curve and low interest rates, some financial planners are discovering income in an alternative universe. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Closed-End Funds Scare Investors These ETF ancestors used to be all the rage, but now they're out of favor. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
2 Ways Dividend Stocks Can Make You Rich Before you simply pick a few for your portfolio, you need to get a grasp on one of the major differences among the thousands of stocks that pay dividends. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You Can Still Buy Stocks for 85 Cents on the Dollar There are still ways to get in on blue-chip companies at pre-rally prices. Closed-end funds continue to trade at sharp discounts to their actual holdings. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Stan Luxenberg |
Are Bond Funds Still Attractive? Advisors who are kicking the tires of bond funds these days might be entering the market too late. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
3 Overpriced Investments You Shouldn't Buy In this market, you shouldn't pay a premium for anything, and you don't have to. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
5 Top Performers Due for a Fall Looking at the best performers in the closed-end realm this year reveals that not all of the activity there is because of performance-chasing. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2008
Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore Amid all the doom and gloom, one little-known silver lining hasn't been getting much attention: Dividend yields are the highest they've been in years. |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Michelle Knight |
Fixed-Income Bonding Abandoning bonds for dividend-paying stocks may seem like a "no-brainer," but think again. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Watch This Top-Yielding ETF The iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Plus Capped Index Fund makes plenty of payouts with its high-dividend holdings. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore There's a silver lining in the market's recent slump. |
BusinessWeek
February 18, 2010
Lewis Braham |
In Search of Dividends Investors are hungry for quality companies that pay steady dividends. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Are No Free Lunch Extra yield may be worth the risk in some cases, but be sure you know what you're getting into. |
Registered Rep.
June 20, 2014
Stan Luxenberg |
Fighting the Bond Bears Forecasters suggest trimming intermediate funds and shifting assets to short-term bonds and cash. But not everyone is swayed by the bond bears. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Has the Next Meltdown Begun? The municipal bond market is feeling the hurt. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
The Up Side of Fear and Greed RiverNorth Core Opportunity takes advantage of inefficiencies in the closed-end fund business in an open-end mutual fund. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Get Your Fixed-Rate Fix From Stocks You may do better with hefty dividend payers than with bonds. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Invest at a Double Discount Closed-end funds offer amazing opportunities right now. |
