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  • CEFs Week of 11/13/09: Hugging the Flat line by Joe Eqcome
    CEF Weekly Review: The 13 closed end fund (CEF) types on average squeezed into positive territory posting a 0.1% increase for the week ending 11/13/09. On an aggregate, unweighted basis, the weekly average price change for the 496 CEFs straddled the flat line as it declined by 0.1%. The weighted... More »
    November 14, 2009 • EOS, VNQ, SRO
  • The Compelling Case for Converting ADX to an Active ETF by Joe Eqcome
    Adams Express Company (ADX) is a closed-end fund (CEF) that has traded at a persistent discount to its NAV. (For background on the case, see the previous report dated 3/2/09 entitled: “The Case for Tender, Liquidation or Conversion of ADX”.) The unfortunate aspect of ADX’s... More »
    November 12, 2009 • ADX
  • CEFs Week of 11/06/09: Ping Pong, Anyone? by Joe Eqcome
    CEF Weekly Review: The 13 closed end fund (CEF) types on average were up 1.7% for the week ending 11/6/09. On an aggregate, unweighted basis, the weekly average price change for the 488 CEFs was up 1.6%. The weighted 49 CEFs comprising the Claymore CEF Index registered an average advance of 3.4%... More »
    November 6, 2009 • FAV, GAB, BIF
  • CEFs Week of 10/30/09: A Good Scare by Joe Eqcome
    CEF Weekly Review: The 13 closed end fund (CEF) types on average were down 3.5% for the week ending 10/30/09. On an aggregate, unweighted basis, the weekly average price change for 493 CEFs was down 3.1%.The weighted 49 CEFs comprising the Claymore CEF Index registered an average decline of 5.6%... More »
    October 31, 2009 • KYN, FAV, ADX
  • Monday, 10/5 Recap of Consumer related news by ETFdesk.com
    More on consumer spending, jobs, and the economic recoveryRoubini: Forget The V-Shaped Recovery...But Get Ready For The U-Shaped Recovery! ( http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1214 )Nouriel Roubini used to be known Dr. Doom. These days, however, he insists he is a "realist."... More »
    October 5, 2009 • ADX, FAX, IAF
  • CEFs Week of 9/4/09; Munis Rule by Joe Eqcome
    The 13 closed end fund (CEF) types on average were up 0.2% for the week ending 9/4/09. The S&P 500, as measured by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), registered a decline of 1.3%. On an aggregate, unweighted basis, the weekly price increase for 630 CEFs was up 0.6%. The weighted 51 CEFs... More »
    September 6, 2009 • NMB, CEV, GAM
  • CEF Volume Trends May Portend CEF Appreciation by Joe Eqcome
    Conclusion: Closed end funds’ (CEFs) stock volume trading patterns may indicate that the CEF market segment may be heading towards a period of moderately sustained price appreciation. Volume Counts: Price and volume are two basic building blocks of technical analysis. Non-technical... More »
    June 25, 2009 • ADX, CSQ, CHY
  • Eqcome CEF Mid ’09 Report Card by Joe Eqcome
    Preface: Every six months it’s time to review the previous 12 months of Joe Eqcome’s closed end fund (CEF) research to determine what’s working, what’s not, and why? Research Reviewed: Since October of 2008, there have been 16 articles written by Joe that had... More »
    June 18, 2009 • ADX, FOF, BLU
  • Closed-End Funds: A Sophisticated Primer by Dan Plettner
    I began working in Financial Services in the 90s with no appreciation for the complex nature of Closed-End Funds as an investment instrument. The only primers to which I was presented were narrowly constructed, and closely paralleled the firm's "research". I was asked to train rookie... More »
    June 15, 2009 • ADX, LCM, BDV
  • A Poor Man's CEF Portfolio that Performs by Joe Eqcome
    The Eqcome CEF Big 10 Portfolio is a simple, inexpensive and self-directed way for retail investors to own a diversified CEF portfolio representative of this market segment. The portfolio consists of 10 CEF stocks. Each stock represents one of the largest within the 10 major CEF fund types (see... More »
    June 3, 2009 • ADX, CSQ, CHY

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