Bluerock’s MacDonald says ‘uniquely boring’ private real estate is value-priced now
Ryan MacDonald, Portfolio Manager for the Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund, says that in a world teeming with market worries and broad geopolitical concerns, private real estate is "uniquely boring, in a ...
Angel Oak’s Pate sees ‘a once-in-a-decade opportunity for the banking space’
Cheryl Pate, senior portfolio manager at Angel Oak Capital -- co-manager of the Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust -- says that current problems in the banking sector are setting up a recovery, noting that 'opportunities like this are fairly rare...
RiverNorth’s O’Neill: Muni funds are ‘in the 99th percentile of cheapness’
Steve O’Neill, portfolio manager at RiverNorth, says the average municipal-bond closed-end fund has a discount of 10.5 percent, which over the last 25 years would be in 'the 99th percentile of cheapness'.
Sit Funds’ Doty: Banking woes are creating closed-end opportunities
Bryce Doty, senior portfolio manager at Sit Investment Associates says that the problem at the heart of the current banking crisis is not a default problem, but rather is a logical outcome from how quickly the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.
CION’s Gatto on how private markets have weathered tumultuous markets
Mark Gatto, co-founder and co-chief executive officer at CION Investment Group, says that private investments have been weathering current storms better than public companies because illiquidity translates to stability in times when the market is volatile. Gatto says these markets have...
CEF Discounts Narrow Again in Q1 2025: CEF Advisors
The universe of closed-end funds (CEFs) saw discounts narrow in the first quarter of 2025, averaging -4.9% and yielding about 9%, said John Cole Scott, AICA Chairman and President of Closed-End Fund Advisors (CEF Advisors), during his firm’s 53rd consecutive quarterly research call covering the CEF and business development company (BDC) universe


