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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
comprehensive monthly report on the
closed-end fund industry. The report contains commentary by Thomas J. Herzfeld
and Cecilia L. Gondor, comparative surveys
including how investors should interpret the
data, as well as current closed-end fund announcements
and dividend trends.
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Topics covered in some recent past reports include:
- Tracking the "Great Rotation"; Fair Value Reporting: Litigation Highlights Responsibilities and Challenges; Survey of Closed-End Fund Fair Value Reporting; SUPPLEMENT: Closed-End Funds: The Basics and Beyond
(April 2013)
- The Hidden World of IPOs; Narrow Overall Discount Levels Obscure Areas of Opportunity; Large Offering Ignites IPO Fever; AMT Gets Permanent Patch: Table of 2012 Distributions Subject to AMT
(March 2013)
- A Myriad of Factors Expected to Influence 2013; Fourth Quarter and 2012 Performance Rankings and Survey; FINRA Puts Return of Capital on Priority List; Varying Approaches to Dividend Cuts; New CFTC Rules Impact Closed-End Funds; Dissidents Find Limited Opportunities
(February 2013)
- A Popular Year for Closed-End Funds; Juggling Distribution Dates; Novel Way to Get a Super-Majority Vote; SEC Delivers Lumps of Coal; 2012 Year in Review
(January 2013)
- Fiscal Fears Provide Closed-End Opportunities; Declared Stakes Target the Most Popular and Unpopular Sectors; Survey of Declared Shareholder Stakes: By Fund and By Shareholder; Psychology of the Tender; Psyched Out: A Tumultuous Two Years for Greater China Fund; Investment Advisor ARPs Scorecard
(December 2012)
- Countdown to Seasonal Opportunities; Third Quarter and Nine Month Performance Rankings and Survey; New Focus for Year-End Tax Trading: Year-End Distributions Expected to Provide Trading Opportunities; Survey of Loss Carryforwards; Advisor Puts Its Money Where Its Discount Is
(November 2012)
- Closed-End Funds Crowned Homecoming Queens; Sequestration Provides Fleeting Opportunity; Annual Closed-End Fund Leverage Update: The Pendulum Comes Full Swing; Survey of Closed-End Fund Leverage; Discount-Priced ARPs Tenders Enjoy New Respect
(October 2012))
- Play It Again; Changes to the Investor's Guide Format; Dissident Elected to Fund Boards: List of Dissidents Elected to Board Seats; Changing Role of "Lifeboat" Provisions. Special Supplement: Survey of Closed-End Fund "Lifeboat" Provisions
(September 2012))
- The Investor's Guide...26th
Anniversary; Funds Turn in Stellar First Half
2012, Performance Survey and Rankings; Flight
to...Municipals; Tracking Return of Capital
(ROC) Survey of Closed-End Fund Distributions;
IRS' Efforts to Police Cost Basis Includes ROC
Adjustments
(August 2012)
- Registration Statement Filed
for Virtus Herzfeld Fund; Moody's Moves Swiftly
to Implement New Ratings Guidelines; Expense
Ratios Hold Steady: Survey of Closed-End Fund
Expense Ratios; Mergers Among Closed-End Funds;
Exchange-Listed Preferreds Offered to Existing
Shareholders
(July 2012)
- Mid-Year Roundup; Declared
Stakes Update: Surveys of Declared Shareholder
Stakes by Fund and by Shareholder; Hotter than
Facebook?; ARPs Update: Recommendations, Ratings
and a Writ
(June 2012)
- Trading Focus: Opportunistic
and Event-Driven; Strong Performance Results,
First Quarter 2012 Performance Rankings and
Survey; Understanding Income: Survey of Income
Ratios and Distribution Yields; Pulse of the
Industry: Risk Management Emerges as Hot Topic
(May 2012)
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