5 Best CEFs To Buy This Month (July 2023)

Jul. 25, 2023 9:30 AM ET, , , , , , , , 22 Comments

Summary

  • For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns.
  • Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone.
  • In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs with solid track records, pay high distributions, and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select just five CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.
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In this monthly article, we try to identify five closed-end funds ("CEFs") that have a solid historical performance, pay high-enough distributions, and offer reasonable valuations at the current time. We also present a more diversified list of the top 10 funds.



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