I used to think of CEFs as one of those financial products that exist, but I didn’t see a reason to ever consider buying one. Open-end mutual funds and stocks were all the rage, and later came the ETFs which immediately became very popular. If you’ve written off closed-end funds (CEFs) as outdated or opaque, […]
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Closed end funds (CEFs) offer high yields that catch the eye, but the real story hides behind those numbers. If you rely only on the headline yield, you risk buying into a fund that’s eroding its own capital or masking poor performance with financial engineering. Professional portfolio managers dig deeper. They examine how the distribution
Everything You Need to Know About Investing in Closed End Funds—From Discounts to Dividends and Beyond Introduction: The Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight If you’ve spent any time exploring income investments, you’ve probably come across closed-end funds (CEFs)—and maybe skipped past them. They’re often lumped together with mutual funds and ETFs, yet behave nothing like
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