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Van Kampen California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV)

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  • Stocks That Pay Monthly Dividends [View article]
    What about income funds such as DPO? They pay out monthly and I have been re-couping my 401K from the income. It has been yielding about... More »
    Comment by Butch Weber
    Dec 2 15:01 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    MLPs are best bought in a CEF or ETN for the average investor who does his own taxes. MLPs issue K1s and may incur non-resident state... More »
    Comment by La Marque
    Nov 28 10:07 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    BNY is selling at an 8% premium and also uses Auction Rates Securities as leverage. FMN has a 9% premium and uses Auction market... More »
    Comment by La Marque
    Nov 28 10:03 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    California muni's?? I'd rather own Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia. Did anyone ever think we'd come to this??
    Comment by iel76
    Nov 27 17:30 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Why the Government Doesn't Belong in the Municipal Bond Business [View article]
    How do you spell communism? That is the next logical step. The masses insure ALL risk. No wonder the Governors of NY and California... More »
    Comment by athena
    Nov 25 10:06 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    Good catch - that is WHY you should do your own DD. On Nov 17 03:09 PM willydo wrote: > Not leveraged? > The article says to... More »
    Comment by mbkelly75
    Nov 17 15:49 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    Not leveraged? The article says to be careful of funds that have high yields as they may use leverage. According to CEFConnect, FMN... More »
    Comment by willydo
    Nov 17 15:09 pm |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    It is a good question. More information is here: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/mutualfund/09/income-funds.asp The short version... More »
    Comment by mbkelly75
    Nov 17 09:20 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    Don't see the advantage of CEFs over municipal ETFs.
    Comment by American in Paris
    Nov 17 07:55 am |
    Rating: +1 -2
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    Perhaps a better source for analysis of CEFs, with current information updated daily: CEFConnect.com
    Comment by Alan Young
    Nov 16 22:54 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    Ironically, even after adjusting for Mass taxes, the california fund is still a better yield. The October downturn last year brought a... More »
    Comment by buyitcheap
    Nov 16 21:54 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    Your need to assume anything simply points out your ignorance. I am hardly a shill and the referenced link is full of excel lists that... More »
    Comment by mbkelly75
    Nov 16 21:13 pm |
    Rating: +1 -2
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    "A good link for more information"?? I assume you are a shill. The referenced link is mostly a site with Google adwords and paid... More »
    Comment by cato
    Nov 16 21:00 pm |
    Rating: +2 -3
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    Actually, it is an outstanding idea with a good link for more information. It is ALWAYS up to you to do your own Due Diligence. Any... More »
    Comment by mbkelly75
    Nov 16 20:54 pm |
    Rating: +4 -4
  • Closed-End Funds and Tax Free Dividends [View article]
    It is utterly irresponsible not to mention that most of these funds are leveraged with Auction Rate Securities and that many of them,... More »
    Comment by cato
    Nov 16 16:14 pm |
    Rating: +6 -3