4 CEFs To Consider For Your High-Yield Income Compounder Portfolio

Apr. 25, 2025 5:26 AM ET, , , , 20 Comments
Damon Judd
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Summary

  • Heightened market volatility offers unique buying opportunities for income investors, particularly in high-yield income funds like CEFs and ETFs, ideal for retirement portfolios.
  • CEFs are attractive due to their potential to trade at a discount, leverage to magnify returns, and managed distribution policies, despite the misunderstood concept of return of capital.
  • Four recommended CEFs—OPP, CCIF, NHS, and ECAT—offer high yields and are suited for different economic scenarios, providing diverse options for income compounder portfolios.
  • Macroeconomic conditions, including interest rates, tariffs, and inflation, will impact CEF performance, but current market conditions present favorable buying opportunities for patient, risk-tolerant investors.

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Heightened market volatility in recent weeks has led to some unique buying opportunities for income investors. Depending on what happens over the next several months, whether the Fed cuts interest rates one or more times, or tariffs drive up inflation and

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Now retired, I am an income-oriented investor seeking high yield income to support my lifestyle in retirement.I became deeply interested in the stock market beginning in late 2007 (bad timing for me but worse for my uncle) when I received an unexpected inheritance. Since that time I have done considerable research and vowed to make smarter long-term investing decisions after suffering through the Great Recession with minimal losses to my inherited portfolio, after firing my financial advisor.I look for mostly dividend paying income stocks and funds (BDCs, REITs, CEFs, ETFs) that offer high yield income to increase my retirement income beyond my pension and Social Security. I also enjoy reading investment/financial and business information and following trends in technology and markets. The human psychology of markets is as fascinating and inscrutable to me as the financial side. I am not a financial advisor so please do your own due diligence before making any buy or sell decisions.“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.” Damon Runyon

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