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John Cole Scott’s August 2025 Update


Gaal Surugeon on Real Assets

VettaFi’s Roxanna Islam on ETFs


Christian Munafo on the Mid-2025 Economy

Mark Gatto on Private Alts

Axel Merk on Tariffs, Trade, and Gold

Steve Hlavin on High-Yield Muni Strategies

John Cole Scott on Well-Managed Portfolios

Chris Oberbeck on private credit markets

Christian Munafo on private markets, AI impacts

Sam Garetano on the Brookfield Infrastructure Income Fund

CION’s Reisner on income-focused BDCs

abrdn’s Oh on The India Fund, Inc.

Todd Dilatush on structured products

ArrowMark’s Dana Staggs on regulatory capital relief securities

Josh Duitz on trends in infrastructure

John Cole Scott’s early Q2 CEF update

Matt Nealon on opportunities in municipals

Axel Merk on contending with activists

John Cole Scott on CEF discounts, seasonality


Chris Oberbeck on investing in private credit

Duncan Farley explains event-driven credit

Christian Munafo on private equity markets

Gretchen Lam on loan and CLO markets

Cheryl Pate gives a 2023 banking update

Roxanna Islam on ETF and CEF trends

Jonathan Mondillo on fixed income

John Cole Scott’s 2023 BDC outlook

Average CEF Universe Data

#FundsCurrent Disc/Prm10 Yr Avg Disc/PrmMarket Yield3 Yr Div Growth3 Yr RoC %LeverageNet Assets (MM)1 Yr Price St. Dev3 Yr NAV St. Dev90 Day $ Liquidity (M)90 Day Volume Trend90 Day Price/Nav CorrCorr to 12 Sectors IndexBeta to S&P 500
US / Global Equity CEFs80-9.05%-9.69%8.16%57.87%28.77%9.32%$70120.6116.0316955.44%70.88%68.15%0.75
Sector Equity CEFs82-3.73%-3.76%8.30%22.19%30.64%14.86%$119518.4915.32107374.63%73.55%68.56%0.63
Taxable Bond CEFs126-4.05%-3.61%11.15%4.68%22.13%24.34%$51214.997.0924225.59%60.39%64.86%0.65
Debt Focused BDCs48-15.83%-6.36%12.76%4.02%0.39%50.03%$171426.684.96105417.45%N/A50.98%0.74
Municipal (tax-free) CEFs94-5.35%-5.84%6.07%30.31%19.51%33.02%$51410.897.641402-5.36%90.79%40.82%0.96
All Listed CEFs/BDCs433-6.58%-5.75%9.08%22.73%21.79%24.44%$80717.4110.3045303.01%63.56%59.13%0.69
Data as of 11/04/2025 from CEFData.com
1 Week(%)1 Month(%)3 Month(%)6 Month(%)1 Year(%)3 Year(%)5 Year(%)10 Year(%)QTD(%)YTD(%)
PriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAVPriceNAV
US / Global Equity CEFs-1.08%-1.50%-0.81%-0.63%6.24%6.23%17.19%15.66%21.50%17.21%17.71%16.29%11.45%9.73%9.53%8.38%0.07%0.29%21.07%17.67%
Sector Equity CEFs-1.06%-1.41%-1.25%-0.87%5.12%5.23%13.03%13.02%14.81%13.46%14.05%13.75%11.53%10.15%8.46%7.75%-0.76%-0.15%16.46%15.09%
Taxable Bond CEFs-0.46%-0.58%-1.00%0.23%0.56%2.71%6.38%8.33%7.28%9.71%12.00%11.16%6.33%5.16%6.65%5.72%-1.14%0.60%6.70%8.76%
Debt Focused BDCs-2.51%0.06%-1.76%0.26%-6.04%2.42%-3.01%3.77%-3.50%7.00%6.86%7.94%12.47%8.99%6.93%7.01%-1.83%0.26%-8.92%4.67%
Municipal (tax-free) CEFs0.22%-0.11%1.32%1.61%7.40%6.91%7.00%5.87%4.20%1.84%8.08%6.46%0.51%0.14%2.74%2.40%1.26%1.91%6.93%2.32%
All Listed CEFs/BDCs-0.74%-0.73%-0.63%0.16%3.28%4.70%9.13%9.54%9.85%9.75%12.11%11.20%7.57%6.17%6.62%5.89%-0.42%0.64%9.83%9.78%
Data as of 11/04/2025 from CEFData.com

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