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Old 09-30-2009, 08:31 AM   #1
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Your Favorite Closed End Funds

I have bot some CLOSED END FUNDS in my retirement portfolio---DSU, AWF, HTD. Does anyone have CEF 's in their retirement account?
Do you have experience with these kind of funds?
And more important some of your favorite CEFs for future buys?
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Why did you choose these funds--did someone suggest them? Also, do you have an asset allocation strategy that you are comfortable with?

I don't know anything about these or really any CEFs. I hope they do well for you over time.
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I just transferred $6000 for ROTH IRA and decided that these are good income producing CEFs (DSU, AWF & HTD).
I am maging this money myself. My other retirement money is managed by Financial Planner which is under Assett Allocation (70% Bond, 30% Equity).
I want to build a separate income producing portfolio and have decided to experiment with CEFs.
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Old 10-01-2009, 02:08 PM   #4
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I have a few CEF's in the retirement portfolio, spread out in some small-percentage categories I want to keep for a broad asset allocation.

You can run screens here:

CEFA - Closed-End Fund Association

And here:

CEFConnect - Brought to you by Nuveen Closed-End Funds

Do your research and watch out for some gotchas that make CEF investing tricky.

  • Many (most?) CEF's have high management fees.
  • High discounts to NAV can be a value trap. While discounts have generally been narrowing during the market rally of the past few months, you may have to wait a long time for the discount to narrow on a particular CEF.
  • Many are thinly traded, so be sure to use a limit order when you buy.
  • Look at the income portion of the dividend payout, not just the posted dividend percentage rate. Many CEF's show a high nominal yield but a closer look shows a big chunk is actually a return of capital.
Search the forum for "CEF" and you'll find several threads on the subject.

One CEF I am continuing to buy as part of my fixed income allocation is TSI. It shows up in the screens as a fixed income or bond fund but it's really a more specialized MBS fund. I started buying last year when it showed up on a screen with high discounts, but didn't seem to have red flags otherwise. (The discount has since narrowed.)

The sponsor's web site should still have a link to the fund manager's web conference earlier this year. I was impressed on two levels. First was the fact that the fund / management company for the relatively small fund made the effort to go beyond just publishing a prospectus and return table. More importantly, I thought the manager showed a good grasp on market dynamics that could affect his investment strategy.
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