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CEF Weekly Review: Mid-Month Ex-Dividend Mute Price Gains
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Published Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:01:27 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Actionable Items: Highest Positive Spread: Transamerica Income Shares (TAI) Lowest Negative Spread: Dreyfus Strategic Municipals (LEO) Focus Stock(s) of the Week: Morgan Stanley China "A" Shares (CAF)/ Pioneer Muni High Yield Income Advantage (MAV) Last Week's Focus Stock: Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust (GLU) / ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) CEF Weekly Review: On average, the 13 closed-end fund (CEF) types registered a share price decrease of 0.3% for the week ending 6/15/12. The high-low spread (average percentage price change difference between the highest and lowest fund types) registered this week was +2.6% versus +3.1% the previous week. The PowerShares CEF Income Composite (PCEF), an ETF that invests in taxable income CEFs, was off 0.5% for the week. PCEF is now up 2.3% YTD on price appreciation alone. Currently, PCEF's trailing twelve months' yield is 8.4%. CEF Weekly Fund Type Performance: Given the volatile nature of this week's... Read more
Stock name ISIN Last trade P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS 
9.18 6.2 1.48 0.59 6.41 ASA
BMG3156P1032 13.57 0.0 -7.89 0.38 2.80 POWERSHARES CEF INCOME COMPOSITE
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