A breakdown of closed-end funds (CEF)
Chris Temples joins us to chat about Closed-End Funds (CEF). There are a number of CEFs that are trading at a discount. While this can be an attractive and lucrative investment there are other factors that need to be considered.
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A good informational website for closed end funds is
CEFA.com
Thanks CFS. This was an interesting topic today on close-end funds. I’ve considered some of the oil and green energy CEFs but never pulled the trigger. For now I’m still researching the pros/cons, because I generally just use ETFs for trading, and hold Mutual funds in my retirement accounts. Chris, Big Al, and Cory made some great points today though.
Here is a Seekingalpha article:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2845756-closed-end-funds-vs-etfs-which-is-better-for-you
And many brokerage s have educational pieces on CEFs, I know Fidelity does.
WSJ has lots of info.
E.g. For general stock funds:
http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3040-CEF34.html
Might be getting sidetracked……from what this site was intended……….jmho
FRANK! Don’t go gold nerd on us while we are having fun!
OK……. 🙂
That same thought did cross my mind FFM. Sounds like they are branching out.
Thanks Chris for this chat. I own GGN, a closed in Fund so this was very helpful.