The Chemist's Triple-Factor Closed-End Fund Report, October 2025

The Triple-Factor CEF Report screens over 400 funds for high yield (>6.5%), strong coverage (>90%), and discount to NAV, balancing yield, sustainability, and value. Top lists include funds with widest discounts, best z-scores, highest yields, and best combined metrics, offering potential for price appreciation and enhanced yields. Explore top lists for further research; these shortlists are not final buy/sell recommendations. Always verify coverage ratios with official fund documents.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 25, 2025

Income-Covered Closed-End Fund Report, October 2025

This report screens ~400 closed-end funds for those with distribution coverage above 100%, aiming to identify lower-risk income opportunities for investors. Key metrics include premium/discount, z-score, leverage, baseline expense, and coverage. Top picks feature funds that offer high yields, deep discounts, and strong coverage, highlighting attractive value and income potential.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 21, 2025

Income-Covered Closed-End Fund Report, September 2025

This report screens ~400 closed-end funds (CEFs) for those with 100%+ net investment income coverage, highlighting lower risk of distribution cuts. Top lists identify CEFs with the widest discounts, most attractive z-scores, highest covered yields, and best combinations of value and income. Investors are encouraged to use these rankings as a starting point for due diligence, not as final buy or sell recommendations.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 22, 2025

Certain Morgan Stanley Closed-End Funds Declare Quarterly Dividends

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Each of the Morgan Stanley closed-end funds listed below (the “Funds”) today declared the following dividends. RECORD DATE                   PAYABLE DATE 9/30/25   10/15/25 Name of Closed-End Fund NYSE Ticker  Net Investment Income Per Share Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. MSD $0.17 Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc. EDD $0.12 For more information call: 1-800-231-2608. The amount of net investment income to be paid by the Funds is.

Business Wire • Sep 19, 2025

EDD: A Unique CEF That Provides A High Yield And Foreign Currency Exposure

EDD offers a high 9.09% yield, outperforming major bond indices, but lags behind peer emerging market debt funds in total return over the past decade. The fund's unique focus on local currency-denominated emerging market bonds makes it a strong play if the U.S. dollar continues to weaken. Recent performance has improved as the dollar declined, and strong emerging market GDP growth supports the investment thesis, though currency risk remains.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 11, 2025

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 14%

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various 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 that 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.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 23, 2025

Q4 Report: Tax-Exempt Bond Funds Hit Second Highest Quarterly Return As Fixed Income Rebounds From Q3 Loss

Q4 Report: Tax-Exempt Bond Funds Hit Second Highest Quarterly Return As Fixed Income Rebounds From Q3 Loss

Seeking Alpha • Jan 12, 2024

Globalization Is Over. It's Time to Embrace the Winners.

As the world pulls in, emerging market bonds look like a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Here are the ETFs to buy.

Barrons • Jan 12, 2024

The Month In Closed-End Funds: March 2023

For the second consecutive month, equity CEFs (-0.26%) on average witnessed negative performance while their fixed income CEF cohorts (+0.87%) posted gains for the second month in three. At month end, 13% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, with 18% of equity CEFs and 9% of fixed income CEFs trading in premium territory.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 6, 2023

CEF Weekly Review: Should CEF Investors Pivot When The Fed Does?

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the fourth week of March and highlight recent market action. CEFs were relatively flat on the week; however, discounts continued to mostly push wider, offsetting NAV gains.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 1, 2023