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Calamos’ Freund expects 4 rate cuts in a year, creating wider discounts

August 15th, 2025|Comments Off on 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 three cuts next year," and that those moves will be made while inflation stays at current levels or rise slightly.

A battle over closed-end activism is now awaiting a Supreme Court decision

August 8th, 2025|Comments Off on 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 cases between Saba Capital and four closed-end fund sponsors that has wound its way to the U.S. Supreme Court and that is expected to force a change in the...

CEF Advisors’ Scott on the realities and mirages of double-digit yields

August 1st, 2025|Comments Off on 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 categories of closed-end funds are delivering double-digit yields now, in some cases...

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