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Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF)

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  • Alpine Global Premier: From a Double Digit Discount to a Premium? [View article]
    It sounds like the author’s major thesis is that AWP ought to gravitate to premium because the other Alpine funds are overvalued and... More »
    Comment by HighTower
    Jan 7 16:35 pm |
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  • Alpine Global Premier: From a Double Digit Discount to a Premium? [View article]
    Congratulations Dan, on presenting a very interesting and intriguing speculation with regard to AWP. I may have to dust off my own "due... More »
    Comment by Student of CEF's
    Jan 7 15:47 pm |
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  • Alpine Global Premier: From a Double Digit Discount to a Premium? [View article]
    From a deep-discount to NAV vantage point, there are certainly compelling prospects to rise the tide of this funds share price in the... More »
    Comment by User 411759
    Jan 7 11:49 am |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Alpine Global Premier: From a Double Digit Discount to a Premium? [View article]
    I think this ETF trades at a discount because its top holding is Annaly which will get a big hit if interest rates increase in 2010. I... More »
    Comment by Greg Group
    Jan 7 09:42 am |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    Unsophisticated investors are capable of losing money in stocks, bonds, ETF's, CEF's or mattresses. If you're willing to spend some... More »
    Comment by Edit or perish
    Jan 4 03:13 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    Anyone suspect AOD of cutting their dividend at this point for March? they just had a year end special dividend, and the filings show... More »
    Comment by ETF/CEF
    Jan 3 15:02 pm |
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  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    High yielding dividend CEF's can be predictable during a bull market and usually run up to the ex-div date, and sophisticated investors... More »
    Comment by User 530084
    Jan 3 00:19 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    Just as a point of clarification, ETFConnect is now CEFConnect. I make that point as it will be a point of reference below. The... More »
    Comment by Joe Eqcome
    Dec 30 23:23 pm |
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  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    ETF Connect shows GUT ROC for the last year as blank (no data?). However all the distribution, $0.06, is listed as income. Is there a... More »
    Comment by SkiBob753
    Dec 30 20:02 pm |
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  • Cornerstone Progressive Return (CFP): An Overcrowded Short [View article]
    Your criticism is a very fair one. I have even given “thumbs up” to your criticism of me. Why? In short, I think it adds to the... More »
    Comment by Dan Plettner
    Dec 30 14:58 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Cornerstone Progressive Return (CFP): An Overcrowded Short [View article]
    I'm a little worried how Dan can take an understandable mistake in Krispy Kreme... a good lesson many of us have learned... but then... More »
    Comment by grinninbrit71
    Dec 30 11:55 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    Thanks Joe, very useful information
    Comment by Innocex
    Dec 30 11:51 am |
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  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    People who invest for income should be wary of spending ROC because they are spending their own money.
    Comment by Baboon
    Dec 30 10:57 am |
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  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    This is an outstanding article. But there are some nuances. As noted, the return of capital embedded in the MLP funds may be quite... More »
    Comment by Charles Lieberman
    Dec 30 10:18 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Why High Premium Closed End Funds Are Sub-Optimal Investments [View article]
    The option-writing CEFs generally have high yields composed largely of ROC, e.g., BEP, ETW, QQQX. Are the resulting ROCs due to the way... More »
    Comment by Goggin
    Dec 30 10:06 am |
    Rating: 0 0