FYI: For the month 80% of all closed-end funds (CEFs) posted net-asset-value (NAV)-based returns in the black, with 73% of equity CEFs and 85% of fixed income CEFs chalking up returns in the plus column. Strong returns from the likes of Apple and other tech stalwarts helped the Growth CEFs classification (+7.46%) rise to the top of the equity charts for the first month in 14, followed at a distance by Convertible Securities CEFs (+3.07%) and Core CEFs (+1.89%). For the sixth month running domestic taxable bond CEFs posted a plus-side return on average (+0.51%), bettering their municipal bond CEF (+0.14%) and world income CEF (-2.83%) counterparts. The world income CEFs macro-group was dragged down by the performance of Emerging Markets Debt CEFs (-6.30%, July’s fixed income universe leader) and Global Income CEFs (-1.21%). In this report we highlight August 2018 CEF performance trends, premiums and discounts, and corporate actions and events.Highlights:
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Ted
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