ສີ່ກອງທຶນຜ່ອນຜັນຈ່າຍເຖິງ 9.8% ເງິນປັນຜົນ

One thing we love about closed-end funds (beyond the dividends: many CEFs yield 7%+ today) is the big discounts to net asset value, or NAV, that these funds hand us.

These discounts ພຽງແຕ່ exist with CEFs. Here’s why: CEFs typically can’t issue new shares to new investors after their IPOs, so their shares get bid up and down on the market, independent of how much their portfolios are actually worth.

These discounts can get quite wide—sometimes 20% and higher. At that kind of a discount, we’re essentially paying 78 cents for every dollar of assets the fund holds!

Our plan, then, is simple: buy when we get an unusual discount like that and then ride along as it vanishes.

That’s in contrast to ETFs, which are free to issue new shares at will, so you ບໍ່ເຄີຍ get a deal on them. Take a look at the “discounts” that have been available on the most popular ETF of them all: the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).

Today we’re going to dive into the four cheapest CEFs on the market, all of which trade around a 20% discount. I see all of these funds as suitable for short-term trades as their discounts close. But none are (yet) appropriate for the longer-term approach we take in my ພາຍໃນ CEF ການບໍລິການ.

Bargain-Bin CEF No. 1: A Global 9.8% Payer Selling for 22% Off

ໃຫ້ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນດ້ວຍ ກອງທຶນຈັດສັນໂລກເຂດເນີນສູງ (HGLB), which trades at a 22% discount to NAV while also yielding an outsized 9.8%.

A big reason for this is that HGLB is a young fund, having launched in 2019, so it doesn’t have enough history for CEF investors, who can be an extra-cautious bunch.

As its name suggests, HGLB spans the world, with a mix of American and foreign assets. The fund tries to combine exposure to the highest-quality oversold stocks and top income-producing corporate bonds, getting you one-stop access to equity and debt.

This diversification is paying off; in a year when US stocks are struggling, HGLB is up, thanks to its focus on snapping up assets that are way oversold but still offer high income streams.

Now let’s come back to the US (and specifically to the energy patch) with …

Bargain-Bin CEF No. 2: A Smart Way to Play Surging Oil (at a 21% Discount)

ຕໍ່ໄປ, ໃຫ້ສົນທະນາກ່ຽວກັບ Neuberger Berman MLP and Energy Income Fund (NML), which trades at a 21% discount to NAV and is doing even better than HGLB in 2022.

The big discount is in part thanks to its energy investments, including stocks like Targa Resources Corp. (TRGP), Williams Companies (WMB) ແລະ ONEOK (OKE), which are flourishing on strong oil demand and inflation.

There is a catch: NML’s 3.8% yield is a bit lower than those of other CEFs, but since the fund recently hiked its dividend and its profits are strong—its total NAV return (including dividends NML has collected from the stocks it holds) is up 27.5% this year—we can expect investors who buy now to see higher dividends in the future.

Bargain-Bin CEF No. 3: Big MLP Income Without the Tax Hassle

That brings me to our third fund, the Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (GER), which has a somewhat better 5.7% yield. GER also invests in energy, focusing more on pipeline-owning master limited partnerships (MLPs) than NML.

MLPs are “pass-through” investments that collect fees from users and pass them to us as dividends. GER’s top holdings include Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP), Energy Transfer LP (ET) ແລະ ຄູ່ຮ່ວມງານຜະລິດຕະພັນວິສາຫະກິດ (EPD).

This 20%-discounted fund is also crushing the market, thanks to its energy focus and the value of the MLP-derived income it’s getting in a time of volatility in pretty well everything else but energy.

One final note with this one: you may have heard that investing in MLPs results in you receiving a complicated K-1 package for reporting your dividend income at tax time. With GER you avoid this and get a simple Form 1099 instead.

Bargain-Bin CEF No. 4: An Inflation Hedge With a 7.8% Payout

ສຸດທ້າຍ, ມີ Highland Income Fund (HFRO), which has a 21% discount and a 7.8% dividend yield.

HFRO focuses on real estate, which is a proven inflation hedge and makes up about half of the fund’s portfolio. HFRO also holds a variety of other rent-yielding investments. As you can tell, it puts income first and, as a result, has a solid dividend that management increased in 2017 and has held steady since.

This is a fund that protects against market drops, with an 8.8% total return year to date, thanks to reliable income from its real estate and debt holdings, while the S&P 500 has fallen.

Michael Foster ແມ່ນນັກວິເຄາະດ້ານການຄົ້ນຄວ້າ ນຳ ການຄາດຄະເນກົງກັນຂ້າມ. ສຳ ລັບແນວຄວາມຄິດກ່ຽວກັບລາຍໄດ້ທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່, ກົດທີ່ນີ້ເພື່ອລາຍງານລ້າສຸດຂອງພວກເຮົາ“ລາຍໄດ້ທີ່ບໍ່ສາມາດ ທຳ ລາຍໄດ້: 5 ກອງທຶນຕໍ່ລອງກັບເງິນປັນຜົນ 7.5% ທີ່ປອດໄພ."

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