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The Investor's Guide to Closed-End Funds  



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The Investor's Guide to Closed-End Funds is a monthly report containing trading recommendations on all closed-end funds in every issue.   The report also contains commentary by Thomas J. Herzfeld, closed-end fund announcements, dividends, and published managed portfolios showing the actual results of investment programs available to subscribers. 

Topics covered in some recent past reports include:

  • Pocketing Some Profits; Losses Prompt Equity Funds to Suspend Managed Payouts; Declared Shareholder Stakes: Not Only Common but Preferred Shareholders Also Flex Their Muscles: Survey of Declared Shareholder Stakes: by Fund and by Shareholder; Fitch Cracks Down on ARPs Ratings (June, 2009) 
  • Discount Narrow but Remain Wide; First Quarter Performance Reflects Investors' Desire for Income; Increased Income, Optical Illusion or Both? Survey of Income Ratios and Yield; Bitter Pill to Swallow; Proposed Ban on "Broker Non-Votes" Won't Apply to Closed-End Funds; Auction Rate Preferred Update; Subscribers' Corner (May, 2009)
  • The Honeymoon is Over: Closed-End Fund Discounts Widen Sharply; Tax-Exempt Income--Well Not Completely, Table of 2008 Dividends Subject to AMT; Tax Reclassifications Generally Favor Investors; ARPs Liquidity Crisis Update: Institutions Now Hold 44% of Remaining ARPs; Any Room Under the TARP? (March, 2009)
  • After a Rough Year Have Closed-End Funds Rebounded too Quickly?; 2008 Performance Survey and Rankings: No Sector Left Unscathed; New IRS Guidance Could Encourage Stock Distributions; Fixed Rate Preferreds-Obscure but Interesting; ARPs Liquidity Crisis Update: 13G Filings of ARPs Holdings (February, 2009)
  • A Dismal Year for the Record Books; Wide Discounts Reflect Lack of Investor Confidence; Year-End Buy List; Focus on Municipal Bond Fund Yields; 2008 The Year in Review: Annual Survey of Activity in the Closed-End Fund Industry; ARPs Liquidity Crisis Update: An Educational Year (January, 2009)
  • End-of -Year Trading Update; The  Big Picture; A Comprehensive Review of Shareholder Activism: Survey of Declared Stakes by Fund and by Shareholder; Shift in Shareholder Base: Survey of New Institutional Investors in Closed-End Funds; ARPs Crisis Update: De-Leveraging Picks Up Steam, Early ARPs Ideas Suddenly More Feasible (December, 2008)
  • Wide Discounts Levels Persist; October Losses Overshadow First Nine Month Performance Results: Performance Rankings and Surveys First Nine Months, Third Quarter and Year-to-Date Through October Lows; ARPs Crisis Update: Wild Markets Prompt De-Leveraging Trend, SEC Eases Asset Coverage Temporarily for Eaton Vance (November, 2008)
  • Closed-End Fund Discounts Hit Historic Levels; Leverage--A Double-Edged Sword; Table of Closed-End Fund Leverage; Claymore Supports Secondary Market in Closed-End Funds; ARPs Crisis Update: Credit Disruptions = High Penalty Rates, Congressional Hearings, Billion-Dollar Settlements (October, 2008)

  • Discounts Widen But Could Widen Even Further; 2008 Directory of Closed-End Funds; SEC Issues Website Guidance and Announces a New "IDEA"; ARPs Crisis Update: Settlements, Slowed Progress, Conflict and Caution; Survey of Replacement Leverage (September, 2008)

  • 22nd Anniversary Issue: Poor Performance Extends Beyond First Half: Performance Survey and Rankings; Premium/Discount Charts Provide Historical Perspective; Long Awaited SEC Exemptive Relief Paves Way for New Managed Payouts; ARPs Crisis Update: Progress on New Solutions Despite Negative News (August, 2008)

  • Expense Ratios Stabilize as Funds Adjust to New Regulatory Requirements; Survey of Closed-End Fund Expense Ratios; Auction Rate Liquidity Crisis Update: Major Developments in Creation of New Preferred Shares (July, 2008)

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