| Similar Articles |
 |
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  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
The Discount Mystery When exchange-traded funds appeared in the 1990s, some observers predicted that the new vehicles would doom their older cousins, closed-end funds. But lately those boring old closed-end funds have been attracting renewed attention.  |
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 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
A Disaster Waiting to Happen Paying up for funds that just give you your money back isn't smart.  |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Alan Lavine |
A Few Bargains Be selective when buying closed-end stock funds.  |
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 March 7, 2005 |
Bonds and Interest Rates Bond prices move in strange ways -- learn why.  |
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 Planning January 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Should you invest in bond funds or individual bonds?  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Bill Gross Is Buying This. Should You? The bond market has gone into free fall in recent weeks. But bond guru Bill Gross apparently thinks it's much ado about nothing -- and he's letting his money do the talking for him.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
A Tough, but Smart Sell Plenty of clients detest bond mutual funds, but a bond fund can be less volatile than a small portfolio of individual bonds. The typical fund is broadly diversified and includes hundreds of names.  |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Has the Next Meltdown Begun? The municipal bond market is feeling the hurt.  |
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 August 16, 2004 Mathew Emmert |
Closing In on Dividends Closed-end mutual funds can supplement your dividend-paying stock portfolio.  |
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Young & Gutner |
Why You Belong In Bonds Even when rates rise, bond funds provide a market cushion. We've done the math to find the best ones for right now.  |
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 January 3, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Using Leveraged Funds Recently, as exchange-traded funds have become increasingly popular, funds that use leverage to amplify their performance have come into vogue.  |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2010 Russ Krull |
Muni Bond ETFs? Not So Fast An argument against municipal bond exchange-traded funds.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
It's Time to Buy These Hated Investments Prices in the municipal bond market have been beaten down to the point where their yields make no sense -- and smart investors are starting to look for opportunity.  |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Mystery of Closed-End Funds Why are these obscure investments suddenly gaining popularity? Approach buying a closed-end fund the same way you would approach buying an open-end fund. Ask yourself: Does this fund make sense in the context of my overall portfolio?  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Prime Time For Prime-Rate Funds These funds can help protect you against the risk of higher interest rates.  |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 David Henry |
Ahead Of A Fed Move, A Cash Cow Runs Dry Like a tightrope walker on a suddenly windy day, the bond market is trying to get back to solid ground after a heady period of high profits made from cheap money and a tactic known as the carry trade  |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 |
This High-Yield Fund Skirts Risk Alex Lock's strategy at Westcore Flexible Income is to look for "solid, stable companies that offer attractive yields over the long-term."  |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine |
ETFs and Closed-End Funds: New Strategies for a New Day The range of ETFs continues to grow and advisors are graduating to the next level of sophistication, from the traditional use of gaining quick access to a sector or country, to now delivering alpha to clients.  |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Get More Than You Pay For: Part 2 Because closed-end funds have a fixed number of shares and trade only on stock exchanges, there are potential opportunities and pitfalls for people who invest in them.  |
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 January 24, 2005 Mathew Emmert |
Think Dividend Stocks, Not Bonds Bonds aren't compelling investments in today's market. This dividend fan tells you why.  |
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.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Rosalind Resnick |
A New Perspecitive on Bonds Why bonds are a safe investment and potentially tax-free income.  |
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.  |
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.  |
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Lewis Braham |
Overlooked And Underpriced Preferred stocks - part stock, part bond - can be worth the extra effort they demand.  |
AskMen.com Michael Estrin |
Investing In Bonds Having some bonds in your portfolio is not only a good way to make money, it's also a great way to diversify. Here's what you need to know before you invest in the bond market.  |
BusinessWeek February 13, 2006 David Henry |
Why Junk Bonds Are Getting Junked Leveraged loans offer better terms, but their floating rates could spell trouble.  |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Lewis Braham |
Is Your Bond Fund Reliable? Here's help for finding solid bond fund performers.  |
Investment Advisor September 2007 Palash R. Ghosh |
Diamonds Among The Junk High-yield bonds -- those fixed income securities rated below investment grade -- have some advantages over more vanilla-type bond products.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Scoop on Savings Bonds A look at the history of bonds and why they're not so attractive anymore.  |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Make a Mint With Munis With falling yields elsewhere, municipal bonds look more attractive. Traditionally difficult to buy, it is now a little easier to purchase them with a new ETF, the iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund.  |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
2007's Big Surprise Mutual funds that invest in Treasury securities have put in an unexpectedly good performance in 2007, giving broader-market indexes a run for their money.  |
Investment Advisor May 2007 Palash R. Ghosh |
Safe, but Sound Intermediate-term bonds are not very exciting, but they do deliver steady gains. One of the top fund performers in this sector is the $1.06 billion Federated Bond Fund.  |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Marla Brill |
Squeezing Gains Out Of Bonds In 2005 It's a bond picker's market. Beware of corporate releveraging.  |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Need a Yawner Investment? If you're in the market for a safe little something for your portfolio, buy bonds.  |
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.  |