Closed-end Fund Income Investing

Discussion in 'Journals' started by El OchoCinco, Nov 11, 2005.

  1. Because I am lazy to look it up myself, what is the yield on that fund?

     
    #101     Apr 12, 2006
  2. yields 5.6% on ETF connect, yahoo says 5.7%.
     
    #102     Apr 12, 2006
  3. Wow, that seems low for such a deep discount. If it was trading at par, it would be around the t-bill rate. I assume this is more a cap appreciation play than pure yield?

     
    #103     Apr 12, 2006
  4. look at chi
     
    #104     Apr 12, 2006
  5. umm, not to be rude, but to short?
     
    #105     Apr 12, 2006
  6. nope....long from a long time ago...probably should have done the calc...sorry
     
    #106     Apr 12, 2006
  7. 's ok... can't do the premium thing, sorry! I'm too cheap.

    And I thought you were from chicago....
     
    #107     Apr 12, 2006
  8. i am....
     
    #108     Apr 12, 2006
  9. am i looking at this wrong...

    15 cents per share x 12 months = 1.80 in dividends

    1.8 divided by 20.60 = 8.73%

    not so bad??
     
    #109     Apr 12, 2006
  10. The premium is high but the yield is quite nice. My worries about such high premiums is that if the dividend is cut at all or the NAV dips for any reason, the price could drop 5% fast.

    If you were long this fund for some time then it is a great hold as even giving back some unrealized capital gains on a pullback is compensated by the healthy yield you are collecting over time. However with the premium at its year high, I would not touch it as a new entry right now.
     
    #110     Apr 12, 2006