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Back to SearchAre falling rates, changing conditions setting up BDCs for a fall?
John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors, talks about how current conditions have made for nervous times in the business-development company space,…
11 months ago
With his fund up 100% this year, veteran manager says gold can go higher
Axel Merk, Chief Investment Officer of the ASA Gold and Precious Metals Fund, says that while gold has been rolling this year, the start of rate cuts…
11 months, 1 week ago
John Cole Scott on when CEFs have the edge over ETFs
John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors, acknowledges how many consumers shy away from closed-end funds, fearing complexity or an investment type …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
NAVigator bonus: CEF Advisors' Scott on picking and managing funds
In this interview from the "Money Life with Chuck Jaffe" podcast, John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors, discusses his "trifecta analysis" of cl…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Tortoise's Thummel says it's 'the best time i've ever seen' for energy investing
Rob Thummel, Senior Portfolio Manager at Tortoise Capital, says that this is "the best time I have ever seen" in a three-decade career to be investin…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
XA's Flynn on how crypto, private equity will impact retirement-savings plans
Kimberly Flynn, President at XA Investments, discusses the recent executive order signed by President Trump that allows a dramatic expansion of alter…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Oppenheimer's Penn: 'Fairly valued' BDCs
Mitchel Penn, Managing Director of Equity Research for Oppenheimer & Co., says that business-development companies are now "fairly valued" by the mar…
1 year ago
Calamos' Freund expects 4 rate cuts in a year, creating wider discounts
Matt Freund, Co-Chief Investment Officer at Calamos Investments, expects the Federal Reserve to make "a couple of cuts this year, followed by two or …
1 year ago
A battle over closed-end activism is now awaiting a Supreme Court decision
Kenneth Burdon, an attorney with Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, discusses the court case between Saba Capital and four closed-end fund sponsors that h…
1 year ago
CEF Advisors' Scott on the realities and mirages of double-digit yields
John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors and Chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance, digs into his firm's data to look at how many cate…
1 year ago