PIONEER DIV.HIGH INC.FD. Aktie

Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. has delivered a 15.4% total return since our last article, matching the S&P 500. Amundi is proposing a management change for HNW, trying to sell its CEF business to Victory Capital, a Texas-based manager. The corporate action is subject to shareholders approval, and we would expect a 'sweetener' before agreeing to the proposed amendment.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

The Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. offers a 9.43% yield, comparable to its peers in the income-oriented bond closed-end fund sector. The HNW closed-end fund has experienced a decline in share price over the past three years, but distributions have offset the decline and provided a 5.06% total return. The fund primarily invests in high-yield corporate bonds and employs leverage to boost its effective yield, but its leverage level is in line with peers.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

For the first month in three, equity CEFs (-0.59% on a NAV basis) suffered losses while their fixed-income CEF (+0.49%) counterparts on average posted plus-side returns. At month-end, 11% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, with 12% of equity CEFs and 10% of fixed-income CEFs trading in premium territory. Income & Preferred Stock CEFs (+1.44%), for the first month in four, outpaced the other classifications in the equity CEF universe for January.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com