MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust is a closed-end management investment company. It intends to distribute long-term capital gains and/or return of capital in order to maintain its managed distribution level. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust is a closed-end management investment company, which engages in distribution of long-term capital gains and/or return of capital in order to maintain its managed distribution level. The company was founded in 1989, and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

MFS High Yield Municipal Trust

MFS High Income Municipal Trust

MFS Municipal Income Trust

MFS Government Markets Income Trust

MFS Intermediate Income Trust

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MFS Closed End Fund Portfolio Management Team Announcement.

MFS Closed End Fund Portfolio Management Team Announcement

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund

MFS Charter Income Trust

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MFS announces closed end fund monthly distributions for several funds for May 2024.

MFS Announces Closed-End Fund Distributions

Blackrock Income Trust

Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund

Carlyle Credit Income Fund

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund 

Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund

First Trust MLP & Energy Income Fund

First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund

First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund

First Trust New Opportunities Mlp & Energy Fund

Western Asset High Income Fund

John Hancock Investors Trust

John Hancock Income Securities Trust

Deutsche Municipal Income Trust

Macquarie/ First Trust Global Infrastructure/ Utilities Dividend & Income Fund

BlackRock Municipal Income Fund

Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund

Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund

Nuveen New York Quality Muni Income Fund

Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund

Virtus Dividend Interest & Premium Strategy Fund

Markets were flat, but upcoming events like the jobs report, PMIs, and ECB meeting are important.

Weekly CEF Commentary | March 3, 2024 | PDX Makes The Change

Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred & Income Fund

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income OpportunityFund Inc

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the fourth week of January and highlight recent market action. All sectors were up for the week, with MLPs and Preferreds leading the way. Investors should be wary in taking CEF total NAV returns at face value given various conventions and data issues.

CEF Weekly Review: Take Care With Total NAV Returns

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II

Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund Inc

Cornerstone Total Return Fund Inc

Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc

Destra Multi-Alternative Fund

DNP Select Income Fund Inc

BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund

Eaton Vance

Aberdeen Global Income Fund

FS Credit Opportunities Corp

Sprott Focus Trust

GDL Fund

Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust

Gabelli Multimedia Trust

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund

Gabelli Utility Trust

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund

Highland Income Fund

Highland Global Credit Allocation Fund.

Closed-End Funds: Revisiting Valuations As We End Q3 2023

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust Commences Tender Offer.

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust Commences Tender Offer

Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund

Blackrock California Muni Income Trust

Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund

Brandywine Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

Western Asset Global High Income Fund

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Eaton Vance Municipal Income 2028 Term Trust

Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund

Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund

Western Asset Global Corp Defined Opportunity Fund Inc

Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust

New American High Income Fund

Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund

Nuveen Preferred & Income 2022 Term Fund

KKR Income Opportunities Fund

Deutsche Strategic Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund

Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund

Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund

Oxford Lane Capital

PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund

PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund

Pioneer High Income Trust

PIMCO Strategic Income Fund Inc

Cushing MLP & Infrastructure Total Return Fund

Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust

Western Asset Diversified Income Fund

Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund

Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY, and DxYxZ are given.

Quality Closed-End Fund Report, November 2022

Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc.

OFS Credit Company Inc

Cohen & Steers Tax-Adv Pref Secs and Inc Fund

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

With most of tax-loss selling behind us, a small correction in discounts and the January effect ahead of us, it makes sense to consider a few CEF ideas. We take a look at funds that offer a decent track record as well as an attractive entry point in valuation terms.

Last Orders For 2021 CEF Opportunities

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund

Bancroft Fund Ltd

BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust

Boulder Growth & Income Fund

Blackrock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust

Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust

Gabelli Equity Trust

Templeton Global Income Fund

Eagle Capital Growth Fund Inc

abrdn Healthcare Investors 

abrdn Life Sciences Investors 

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

4 out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and 2 out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last week. Date for PIMCO merger of PCI and PKO into PDI announced.

Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: November 28, 2021

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two MFS closed end funds declare capital gains. MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (NYSE:CXH) declared a long-term capital gain distribution today of $0.04633 per share and a short-term capital gain distribution of $0.01932 with an ex-dividend date of December 14, 2021, record date of December 15, 2021, and payable date of December 31, 2021. MFS Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:MFM) declared a long-term capital gain distribution today of $0.00254 per share with an ex-divi

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust and MFS Municipal Income Trust Declare Capital Gain Distributions

BlackRock 2022 Global Income Opportunity Trust

BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. 

Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

Wells Fargo Multi-Sector Income Fund

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

Fiduciary / Claymore Mlp Opportunity Fund

Clough Global Opportunities Fund

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc.  

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund Inc

21 out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and 22 out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last week. US equity leads while emerging market income lags.

Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: November 7, 2021

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund

Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund

Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund

Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend & Income Fund

Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate 2022 Target Term Trust

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II

GGM Macro Alignment ETF

Gabelli Go Awhr Registered Shs

Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund

Three out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and six out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week.

Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: Sept. 26, 2021

Ivy High Income Opportunities Fund

Nuveen High Income November 2021 Target Term Fund

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund

Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II

Royce Value Trust

Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund

Tri-Continental

Invesco Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund

Major indices hit record highs again this week with mid-caps joining large-cap at all-time highs. August was the seventh consecutive month of gains for the S&P. Discounts widened for the third straight week with taxables going from 2.21% on August 15 to +0.68% on September 5. While 1.6% is not all that worrisome, the trend is.

CEF Weekly Commentary Sept. 5, 2021: Have Discounts Peaked?

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four MFS muni CEFs have completed the issuance of a new series of Remarketed Variable Rate MuniFund Preferred Shares, Series 2051.

MFS Municipal Closed-End Funds Announce Refinancing of Term of Preferred Shares

BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust

MainStay MacKay DefinedTerm Municipal Opportunities Fund

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund

Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund

The municipal sector has remained resilient this year despite a rise in Treasury yields.

Municipal CEF Sector Update

J.P. Morgan Alerian MLP Index ETN

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund

Kayne Anderson Midstream/Energy Fund Inc.

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment

Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II

Reaves Utility Income Fund

VanEck CEF Municipal Income ETF 

We review CEF market valuation and performance over the past week and highlight recent events. We discuss news and market action across a number of funds such as FCT, UTG, KYN, KMF, RTAI, and others.

CEF Weekly Market Review: Another Strong Month

BlackRock MuniVest Fund Inc

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Inc

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund

We take a look at the Municipal CEF sector which has held up very well despite a rise in Treasury yields. Fundamentals remain in good shape with the fiscal stimulus feeding through and the potential infrastructure tailwind in the pipeline.

Municipal CEF Market Update

Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund

Eagle Point Income Company Inc

Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund

Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3

As Q1 comes to an end, we take a look at the performance of the CEF market year-to-date. We also take a look at the key drivers of CEF discounts going forward.

CEF Market Update

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (NYSE:CXH) declared a long term capital gain distribution: $0.02964/share today.

MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust Declares Capital Gain Distribution

News for MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust ETF (CXH)