By Michael Foster
The big rebound is on! But donaEURtmt worry, your opportunity to grab big gains (and dividends) hasnaEURtmt evaporated.
ThereaEURtms still time!
And you can start with 3 of the 4 funds I pounded the table on back on February 19 . At the time, all 4 of these cheap selloff buys were paying a combined 13.4% income stream.
So why are just 3 of these funds still worthy of your attention, only a few weeks later?
IaEURtmll unpack thataEUR"and name these 3 top-flight fundsaEUR"in a moment. First, letaEURtms step back and take a look at what happened in a very wild February, and where it all leaves us now.
A Market Disaster Gets Undone
So much has happened. First, the S&P 500 ( SPY ) did this:
Was It All a Dream?
The even better news is that the S&P 500 is up just over 3% from the start of 2018, meaning this market isnaEURtmt overheated. That aEURoegoldilocksaEUR position should be giving investors more confidence that now is the right time to get back into the game.
It also means time is running out if you havenaEURtmt gotten back in already.
And if youaEURtmre sitting on cash?
No problem. IaEURtmll show you where to put that cash to work without overpaying too much for the wrong investments.
But before I get to that, letaEURtms take a look at those 4 funds I earmarked in February. They were the PCM Fund ( PCM ) , the Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund ( VGI ) , the Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company ( KYN ) and the Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund ( DSM ).
How do these funds look now?
A Quick Improvement
In other words, if youaEURtmve heard that buying a low-fee index fund is the right thing to do , just take a look at that chart.
So What Now?
To determine which of these funds remain compelling options, we need to look at their discount to net asset value.
This is where we compare the market price for these funds, which trade daily like normal stocks, and their NAV, which is based on the market price of every item in their portfolios.
Now youaEURtmd think an efficient market would make these two figures the same, right? Wrong!
ThataEURtms because these are closed-end funds , a little-known corner of the market thataEURtms worth around $300 billion, compared to the multi-trillion-dollar mutual fund and ETF universes. (If youaEURtmre unfamiliar with CEFs, click here for an easy-to-follow primer I recently wrote on these cash machines .)
The small size of the CEF market means a lot of big investors who could profit from these inefficiencies donaEURtmt botheraEUR"and it also means a lot of mom-and-pop investors donaEURtmt know these funds even exist.
ThataEURtms our opportunity.
The 4 funds IaEURtmve shown you are all CEFs, and, of course, none of them are trading at their NAV (although two do come close):
3 BargainsaEUR"and 1 Ship ThataEURtms Sailed
First, letaEURtms tackle the PCM Fund, which trades at a 9.8% premium to its NAV, meaning itaEURtms priced above the actual market value of its portfolio. ThataEURtms because PIMCO, the fund manager, is great at beating the market, so the market rewards them with a premium.
But a near double-digit premium is too rich for my blood, so this isnaEURtmt the best fund to buy right now. And if you nabbed PCM at its unusually low premium earlier in February, you might want to consider getting out or, at the very least, holding on and allocating cash to other investments.
Meanwhile, the Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund sports a discount to NAV that has widened since my February 19 articleaEUR"but investors havenaEURtmt really lost any money since I recommended it. How is that possible?
Simple: the fundaEURtms price has slid, but the NAV is staying straight.
Stable NAV, Lower Price
Now letaEURtms hit the Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund and the Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company. Both funds are trading close to their NAV, and both are paying massive dividendsaEUR"12% and 10.6%, respectively. So should income investors hold on or buy more?
To answer that question, weaEURtmll take a look at this chart showing where their discounts to NAV stand relative to history:
The Big Picture
That makes one thing clear: buying more KYN and waiting for it to revert to its historical mean looks like a smart move, while cautiously adding VGI is also practical, since itaEURtms a strong fund with a very good portfolio.
So if youaEURtmre sitting on cash, 3 of these funds still deserve your attention. And thanks to the 500-strong CEF market, there are a lot more out there, tooaEUR"starting with the 14 I want to tell you about now.
One Click for the 14 Best Funds of 2018
ThataEURtms rightaEUR"you can skim right through all the 500 or so CEFs in the world with just one click and go straight to the 15 funds with the highest yields and biggest gains ahead in 2018A (IaEURtmm talking SAFE dividends up to 9.6% and double-digit upside).
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These 15 bargain CEFsA all A trade at absurd discounts to NAV that are slowly narrowing. That puts unrelenting upward pressure on their share prices and sets us up for a market-crushing gain in 2018!
But the best partaEUR"by faraEUR"is the dividends.
Right now, the portfolio boasts anA average A yield of 7.4%. But remember, thataEURtms just the average! Cherry-pick my 3 highest-yielding funds and youaEURtmll be pocketing A life-changing payoutsAlike 9.6%, 9.55% and 9.0%!
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
