Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. It invests in dividend-paying common and preferred stocks. The company was founded on September 30, 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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Perfection is defined as being complete and correct in every way, and can be pursued in various fields, including art and investing. For years now, I have been employing all my strength in investing in CEFs and ETFs, plus some “flirtations” with ETNs and BDCs. My portfolio is certainly not perfect, but acceptably fulfills the task for which it was designed: namely, to provide me with a steady stream of dividends over time.

My 9% Income Portfolio - Nobody Is Perfect

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Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

Air Products and Chemicals

Carrier Global

Clorox

Cummins

Dover

Emerson Electric

Enterprise Products Partners

EPR Properties

Equinix

General Mills

Goldman Sachs

Honeywell

Helmerich & Payne

Hormel Foods

Iron Mountain

McDonald's

Altria

Nordson

Realty Income Corp

Old Republic International

Otis Worldwide

Parker-Hannifin

The Taxable Account generated $2,111.31 of dividend income for June 2023 compared with $1,825.40 of dividend income for June 2022. The Taxable Account had a balance of $533.9K as of June 30, 2023, vs. $493.5K on June 30, 2022. The annualized cost basis yield is 5.44%. Five companies in the Taxable portfolio paid increased dividends or paid a special dividend during the month of June.

The Retirees' Dividend Portfolio: John And Jane's June 2023 Taxable Account Update

Investors today are in desperate need of additional sources of income, just like everyone else in America. Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund invests in a portfolio of common stocks and fixed-income assets with the objective of providing its investors with a high level of total return and yield.

EVT: Earn Needed Income With This High-Yielding CEF

Apple

Energy Transfer LP Unit

JPMorgan Chase & Co

The Taxable Account generated $1,760.46 of dividend income for April 2023 compared with $1,609.40 of dividend income for April 2022. The Taxable Account had a balance of $523.4K as of April 30, 2023, vs. $522.7K on April 30, 2022. The annualized cost basis yield is 5.38%.

The Retirees' Dividend Portfolio: John And Jane's April 2023 Taxable Account Update

My Income Portfolio And Return Of Capital.

My Income Portfolio And Return Of Capital

EVT: High Cyclical Exposures May Drag On Performance

Investors today are starved for income, as the persistently high inflation rate is eroding our purchasing power. Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund invests in a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks intended to provide investors with a growing level of sustainable income.

EVT: Solid CEF Offering From Eaton Vance With A 7.78% Yield

The world seeks complexity, but simplicity often trumps complexity. For my investment goals, I have made the choice to focus mainly on CEFs and ETFs, carefully weighing their merits and drawbacks.

My Income Portfolio - Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

Maui Land & Pineapple

The Taxable Account generated $1,850.78 of dividend income for February 2023 compared with $1,493.49 of dividend income for February 2022. The Taxable Account had a balance of $533.4K as of February 28, 2023, vs. $530.1K on February 28, 2022. The annualized cost basis yield is 5.23%.

The Retirees' Dividend Portfolio: John And Jane's February 2023 Taxable Account Update

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As in Led Zeppelin's famous song, for me, investments in high-dividend securities represent a kind of stairway to heaven. Indeed, their steady flow of money relieves psychological pressure during times of market uncertainty and helps me experience them with greater peace of mind.

My Income Portfolio: A Stairway To Heaven

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We have now closed on the first month of the new year, but my strategy of buying every month hasn't changed. The new year has started off with a bang, with the broader indexes jumping higher.

Kicking Off The New Year With 7 Closed-End Fund Buys In The Month Of January 2023

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund invests in a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks to provide investors with a high level of income. This fund has a better portfolio than many of Eaton Vance's other closed-end funds, as it excludes the mega-cap technology stocks that declined substantially last year.

EVT: This 7.47%-Yielding CEF Is A Reasonable Buy Today

Financial markets are set to close a difficult year amid the war in Ukraine, pandemic aftershocks, and inflation-eroding purchasing power. As always, the first rule for every investor is to try to survive and avoid making mistakes that could prove fatal.

My Income Portfolio's Year-End Check-Up

EVT had cut its distribution recently, along with most of the other Eaton Vance equity funds. This was one of the funds that had only one other cut in its history during the GFC.

EVT: Remaining Resilient After Distribution Trim

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Ten months of this troubling 2022 have passed, and my overall portfolio is beginning to take its final shape. Some positions have long since been completed, while for others, I am taking small acquisition steps each time the market turns downward.

My Income Portfolio - Memo From An 'Olive Farmer'

The high inflation that we are seeing in the United States is straining the budgets of many Americans, who have been searching for additional sources of income. EVT invests in a portfolio of dividend-paying assets in order to pay a high yield to investors.

EVT: Reasonable Strategy For Today's Economy But Wait For A Price Drop

EVT is an equity focused closed end fund that has the Russell 1000 Value Index as its benchmark. The CEF has outperformed the index, both on 5- and 10-year lookback periods and has utilized its leverage wisely.

EVT: Russell 1000 CEF, 7.4% Dividend Yield

EVT has kept its slight premium, but the overall market declines still make me want to hold onto this. Longer-term, the fund had previously traded at quite a deep discount.

EVT: Monthly Distribution, Financial Overweight

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We are closing the chapter on another volatile quarter for the market, a downtrend that feels like forever. There could be more opportunities in the coming months and quarters as the Fed continues to raise rates.

4 Closed-End Fund Buys In The Month Of June 2022

EVT is currently trading near a premium but is an otherwise solid fund that investors can continue holding. The fund's distribution yield comes in at an attractive ~7.5%, paid to investors monthly.

EVT: A Solid Fund For The Long Term

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I've added three different positions that presented a reasonably attractive opportunity.

3 Closed-End Fund Buys In February's Volatile Market

Several months ago, EVT delivered a distribution boost to investors as the fund keeps ticking higher. This is a mostly equity fund that invests primarily in U.S. positions, but they can also include fixed-income investments too.

EVT: 6.68% Distribution Yield With A Solid Portfolio

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With 2022 likely to be a wild ride, we income investors are going to lean on two key advantages.

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NAV performance, discount on NAV, and leverage constitute the three main parameters of my rule of thumb to select funds for a long-term CEF portfolio.

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A reliable selection criterion for building a portfolio of funds that are likely to produce above-average returns over the long haul is the goal of every CEF investor. For me, the flexible combination of a positive NAV since inception, discount on NAV, and leverage represents a practical rule of thumb for long-term CEF investing.

CEF Focus Investing - My Rule Of Thumb In Action

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