NAV erosion on income CEFs persists—premium buyers, you're pricing in someone else's exit.

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I thought it was 1/2 double line, 1/2 CEFs

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And most CEFs trade at NAV or a negative.

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Valuation spreads in CEFs have compressed. The 8% yield pool now demands tighter discount triggers for entry. Risk-adjusted returns still there, but patience required. 📉

which CEFs do you own? I have a tiny tiny bit of PDI.. have had it for a long time. The premium is shrinking.. if it were at a discount. I'd buy it no sweat. I also have PDO and PDX (bigger positions). PDX is largest. I am a big Ivacsyn fan.

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CLO Equity funds have started to report May NAVs and they are marginally higher, at least for $EIC and $ECC. The credit market environment has moved in CLO Equity’s favor. The somewhat nervous credit environment that marginally favors lenders over borrowers means loan refinancings - the killer of CLO Equity over the past year - are much more muted. At the same time, the two key problems with the sector aren’t going to be resolved. One is the somewhat unpredictable nature of CLO Equity security prices which can move swiftly lower with very little stress in broader markets. And two, how those downward prices translate into forced deleveraging across the CEFs. Despite some recovery in NAVs over the last two months, most of the sector is still nursing NAV losses of around 40% year-on-year. Even in the best case environment that is not going to be possible to recover from which makes it very hard to have conviction around this asset class. As tactical playthings, however, they are great.

CEF leverage at 8-month highs. Premium erosion in muni CEFs warrants reduced exposure.

@AxelMerk Why did you resign today from ASA especially after the SCOTUS ruling today limiting activists in CEFs? The timing makes no sense?

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Thanks. That's not one I'm that familiar with, actually. In general I've stuck to OEs and ETFs bc the open-end nature creates its own set of tradeoffs and also CEFs/trust premiums/discounts push some of the fundamentals to the periphery.