EAGLE POINT CRED.PRF.F 25 Aktie

CLOs remain very popular investment vehicles and have seen sizable inflows recently, judging by the AUM of open-end funds. We highlight some of the dynamics and key themes in the CLO market that can help investors guide their allocations. Current CLO market themes include a lack of new loans, drop in credit spreads, strong demand for CLO exposure, and improvement in CLO portfolio quality.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

Collateralized loan obligation closed-end fund preferreds and baby bonds can offer relatively secure sources of income generation for investors. These offerings are subject to stricter regulations under the 1940 Act, limiting leverage and that can provide more security to these instruments. New offerings since our last update include EICC and CCIA, which naturally came with higher issued yields thanks to the higher rate environment.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

OFS Capital and Eagle Point Credit are very similar closed-end funds holding assets of the same type. Both offer safe-term preferred stocks protected by a 50% leverage limit. OFS Capital term preferred stock, symbol OCCIN, currently offers a 9.23% yield to maturity (annualized return), clearly the best in the sector. On the other hand, Eagle Point Credit's new term preferred, symbol ECCF, has a YTM of only 7.52%, worst in the sector, trades over par, and has the worst taxation.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com