abrdn Life Sciences Investors 

Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund and investment trust. The trust's investment objective is to seek current income and long-term capital appreciation through investing in companies engaged in the healthcare industry, including equity securities, debt securities and pooled investment vehicles. The Trust was founded on April 2, 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred & Income Fund

Cohen & Steers Tax-Adv Pref Secs and Inc Fund

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure

Invesco Senior Income Trust

October had the broader indexes rebounding after their lackluster September. With limited cash to put to work this month after an aggressive September, I was more conservative in buying.

5 Closed-End Fund Buys In The Month Of October 2022

Healthcare industry, especially the large-cap pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and managed healthcare stocks are doing well and outperforming the market. More stocks in THQ's top 70 percent equity portfolio generated high positive price growth than the number of stocks generating high negative growth.

THQ: Large-Cap Healthcare Stocks Performed Well This Past Year

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund

Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund Inc

Cornerstone Total Return Fund Inc

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

During a week in which Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Amazon dropped an average -12.1% after their earnings, one would think the Nasdaq-100 would be close to its YTD low. But instead, the Nasdaq-100 soared +3.1% on Friday as investors disregarded those disappointing tech company earnings earlier in the week and instead focused on Apple's earnings.

Equity CEF Performances: Updated Through Oct. 28, 2022

PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund

The market is vast and wide. You cannot master it all yourself. We have an entire team within High Dividend Opportunities, but even then, at times we need to use skilled experts to get more income.

Know Your Limits - Outsourcing For Income

Eagle Point Credit

abrdn World Healthcare Fund 

According to the Fear and Greed Index, we're sitting in the no-man's land of a neutral rating. Rising rates have beaten down the value of many great fixed-income investments.

Seeking Yields Of At Least 12%

abrdn Healthcare Investors 

Despite a catastrophic selloff, healthcare fundamentals are strong. Demand for health services is immune to recession pressures.

Healthcare Stocks Hit 'Buy Points', Load Up With Big Yields: HQH And THQ

BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust

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

THQ had joined the rest of the CEF space in premium territory in 2021. This was yet another fund that had never traded at a premium previously.

THQ: Discount Opening Up In This 6.45% Distribution Yielding Healthcare Fund

Yields up to 7% and dividends you don't want to miss.

2 Crashing Funds That I'm Buying Today

THQ's stock selection and level of balance in its portfolio is impressive.

THQ: Sustainable High Yield, Monthly Dividend, Steady Price Growth

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) announced today that its Board of Trustees authorized a renewal of its share repurchase program. The current share repurchase program allows the Fund to purchase in the open market up to 12% of its outstanding common shares for a one-year period ending July 14, 2022. The renewal will allow the Fund to purchase in the open market up to 12% of its outstanding common shares for a one year-period ending July 14, 2023. The Boa

Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund Announces Renewal of Share Repurchase Program

THQ pays an attractive monthly distribution to shareholders, it could be due for a boost if markets don't sink too low.

THQ: 5.48% Distribution Yield From This Healthcare Fund

Reaves Utility Income Fund

The market frequently offers securities on sale, you need to find them! As technology makes buying easier, it's made selling irrationally easier too.

Bargain Alert! 2 High Yield Funds To Buy Now

THQ has been a position in my portfolio for quite a few years; currently, it seems as though it'll be there for many more. The solid healthcare names it provides exposure to and the attractive distribution yield are pretty compelling.

THQ: Discounted Healthcare Fund, Attractive Distribution Yield

AbbVie

Abbott Labs

Anthem

Bristol-Myers

Cigna

Johnson & Johnson

Medtronic

Merck

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

Cohen & Steers Reit And Preferred Income Fund Inc

Thermo Fisher Scientific

UnitedHealth Group

A monthly income stream provides a lot of flexibility for the income investor. Monthly dividends makes DCA work even better.

3 Big Dividends, Paying Monthly, For Your Retirement Basea

THQ has been moving higher throughout 2021, after an already great year for the fund in 2020. The sell-off last year was brief but it was even more brief for THQ shareholders as the fund snapped back aggressively.

THQ: Solid Choice For Pandemic Volatility

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

Gabelli Equity Trust

Gabelli Utility Trust

Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

There are several dates a closed-end fund investor should watch for when a CEF they own start a rights offering. Rights offerings are typically disruptive to the price and a dip in price is typical.

Here Are The Dates You Need To Know For A Rights Offering

Healthcare offers essential services that people can't go without, recession or not. The Tekla funds can offer potential in any one of their funds for healthcare exposure.

Tekla Funds: In A World That Needs Healthcare, These Funds Have A Place In A Portfolio

THW's offering was undersubscribed. The NAV hit from the offering was relatively small (about -1.2%).

THW Rights Offering: Postmortem

Calamos Dynamic Convertible & Income Fund

CatchMark Timber Trust

Highland Income Fund

Closed-end funds (CEFs) provide investors immediate income and diversity. We take a look at three of our favorite high-yield CEFs in the market in this great spring season.

3 Top Monthly-Payers, With Yields Up To 8% This Spring

VanEck Vectors Biotech ETF

Virtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF

Principal Healthcare Innovators Index ETF

Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF

Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3x Shares

First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund

Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF

First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF 

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund

Amplify Treatments Testing & Advancements ETF

Global X Genomics & Biotechnology ETF

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF

Defiance Nasdaq Junior Biotechnology ETF

iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF

iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF

Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bear 3X Shares

Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X Shares

Global X Longevity Thematic ETF

Invesco Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome ETF

Direxion Daily Pharmaceutical & Medical Bull 3X Shares

Invesco Dynamic Pharmaceuticals ETF

VanEck Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF

ProShares UltraShort Health Care

ProShares Ultra Health Care

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF

Vanguard Health Care ETF

Pacer BioThreat ETF

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF

The first quarter of 2021 was challenging for the biotechnology industry, as the selloff in March represented a sharp reversal from record highs in February. While the sector has remained relatively resilient throughout the pandemic, we expect a full recovery in the latter half of this year, as operations that were disrupted return to normal.

Biotech Innovations Remain At Forefront

AT&T

In week 5, I added 3 Closed-End Funds PTY, THQ and UTG while adding another share of AT&T. After my week 5 investments, my annual dividend income grew to $30.51 prior to compounding which is an overall yield of 6.27% from my 12 investments (excluding cash).

Dividend Harvesting: Building The Portfolio Brick By Brick On $100 A Week, Week 5 Update, CEFs Galore

Despite the big rally in the general markets, the healthcare sector has barely participated despite having strong tailwinds. Today, the healthcare sector is a "deep value" sector that each investor should have a good allocation.

Invest Like A Billionaire With High Yields: HQH And THQ

Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc

Most people don't realize it, but there are 500 funds out there paying massive dividends: I'm talking rich 7% payouts on average.

These 500 Funds Clobber ETFs, Pay 7% Dividends (Often Monthly)

LeMaitre Vascular

The advantage for dividend investors in this sector is the wide choice of large and well-established companies. AbbVie is a drug company with strong exposure to the immunology and the oncology markets.

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