The Dangers of Leverage in Closed-End Funds
There is a sentence that sounds harmless until real money is attached to it.
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The Anatomy of a CEF Distribution: Income or Return of Capital?
It may be monthly. It may be quarterly. It may be small at first. But psychologically, it feels different from a stock price moving up on a screen. A distribution feels real. It feels like the portfolio is finally doing…
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How to Find and Screen Closed-End Funds Without Chasing Yield
It usually happens late at night, with a cup of coffee nearby and too many browser tabs open. The investor discovers a Closed-End Fund screener, clicks “sort by yield,” and suddenly the screen fills with beautiful numbers.
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What Is a Closed-End Fund? A Simple Guide for Income Investors
Not at the beginning, when investing still feels exciting. Not when they are watching stock charts, reading headlines, or calculating how much the S&P 500 returned last year. It usually happens later, when life has become more…
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Can You Really Buy $1 for 80 Cents?
A few years ago, I was sitting in a small coffee shop with an older friend named David.
