Tag: CEF market

This “Billionaire’s Favorite” (Legally) Snubs The IRS And Yields 5.1%

| October 9, 2019 | 0 Comments
This “Billionaire’s Favorite” (Legally) Snubs The IRS And Yields 5.1%

If you’re like many folks, you might be looking at your stock gains this year and dreading the tax bill headed your way in 2020. That makes now a great time to consider the only (tax-) free lunch in investing: municipal bonds. I’ll name one play on these retirement-changing investments in a moment. This unusual […]

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2 Big 6.7%+ Dividends (With Upside) You Can Buy Today

| August 14, 2019 | 0 Comments
2 Big 6.7%+ Dividends (With Upside) You Can Buy Today

Volatility is back! With the market whipsawing again, you’re likely seeing more red in your portfolio these days. At times like this, you might be tempted to give in to emotion and sell. That’s understandable—self-preservation is, after all, our most powerful instinct. But keep your nerve. Because now is the time for contrarians like us to get […]

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Buy And Hold Forever? Nope. I’d Sell If You See These 3 Signs

| July 17, 2019 | 0 Comments
Buy And Hold Forever? Nope. I’d Sell If You See These 3 Signs

Members of our CEF Insider service often ask me when they should sell a closed-end fund. The truth is, when it comes to CEFs, it’s easier to know when to buy than when to sell. If the fund is well managed, has a strong track record, is deeply discounted in relation to net asset value, or NAV (another way of […]

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Here’s How I Pick The Best CEFs For 7%+ Dividends (5 Simple Steps)

| January 9, 2019 | 0 Comments
Here’s How I Pick The Best CEFs For 7%+ Dividends (5 Simple Steps)

Since launching my CEF Insider service in early 2017, the picks I’ve given subscribers have outperformed the broader CEF market—even through the recent market volatility that’s caused just about everything to go down. The key to this performance is a process of analysis and selection that is both complicated and straightforward. I have a checklist of 52 points […]

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Revealed: My Safe Fund-Picking Strategy For 7.5%+ Payouts

| November 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
Revealed: My Safe Fund-Picking Strategy For 7.5%+ Payouts

Here’s something few people realize about closed-end funds (CEFs): sometimes, when it comes to these funds, matching the market means you’re actually beating the market. Let me show you what I mean using the AGIC Equity and Convertible Income Fund (NIE), a CEF I recommended earlier this year. NIE has been meeting the S&P 500’s performance, though most people […]

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My No. 1 Strategy For Big Gains (And Dividends) For The Rest Of 2018

| May 2, 2018 | 0 Comments
My No. 1 Strategy For Big Gains (And Dividends) For The Rest Of 2018

Remember when stocks took some of the biggest nosedives in market history back in early February? I know that sounds like a ridiculous question, but I ask because many folks seem to have forgotten, with stocks quite a bit calmer now than they were in those days, even though they’ve seen a little more turbulence […]

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