Merk Investments: ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited Announces 90-Day Extension of Investment Advisory Agreement
Merk Investments: ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited Announces 90-Day Extension of Investment Advisory Agreement March 31st, 2026
Ep. 12— BDC Reporter’s Marshi: Expect a stable year ahead for business-development companies
Nicholas Marshi, editor of BDC Reporter, said that business-development companies held strong on their dividends in the third-quarter despite LIBOR dropping and eroding investment income during the period. Marshi said BDC's made up for the income shortfall caused by LIBOR by...
Ep. 11— Answers on cash-flow generation, tax-loss selling and more
John Cole Scott, executive chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance returns to The NAVigator to answer audience questions about some of the nuts and bolts of closed-end fund investing, covering tax-loss selling and where to expect good opportunities this year...
Ep. 10— Bulldog Investors’ Goldstein sees trouble ahead for activist investors
Phillip Goldstein, co-founder of the Bulldog Investors hedge fund and a legendary activist investor in the closed-end fund space said at the Active Investment Company Alliance Boot Camp and Conference in New York City that he fears for the future of...
John Cole Scott’s early Q2 CEF update
John Cole Scott, President and Chief Investment Officer of CEF Advisors, gives an update on the universe of closed-end funds (CEFs), business development companies (BDCs), and interval funds as the second quarter of 2024 gets under way. Scott provides perspective on CEF performance based on his advisory firm’s various equity sector indexes. He also highlights specific funds that are doing well in the current economic environment based on discount, dividend, and manager analyses.
Ep. 255 — John Cole Scott gives his first take on 2024
John Cole Scott, President of Closed-End Fund Advisors and Chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance, drills into the first-quarter 2024 data for closed-end funds. He notes that while municipal-bond funds still couldn't break...

