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For the month, 93% of all CEFs posted NAV-based returns in the black, with 88% of equity CEFs and 98% of fixed income CEFs chalking up returns in the plus column. For the second month in three, Lipper’s mixed-asset CEFs macro-group (+2.12%) outpaced its two equity-based brethren: world equity CEFs (+1.86%) and domestic equity CEFs (+1.52%). For the first month in six, the Growth CEFs classification (+7.46%) outperformed all the other equity classifications, followed by Developed Markets CEFs (+3.37%) and Core CEFs (+3.35%).
For the first month in four, domestic taxable fixed income CEFs jumped to the top of the leaderboard, posting a plus-side return on average (+1.44%), followed by world income CEFs (+0.89%) and municipal bond CEFs (+0.78%). All of the domestic taxable fixed income CEF classifications posted plus-side returns for the month, with Loan Participation CEFs (+1.83%), High Yield CEFs (Leverage) (+1.61%), and High Yield Funds (+1.36%) posting the strongest returns of the group. For February, the median discount of all CEFs narrowed 56 bps to 7.72%. In this report, we highlight February 2019 CEF performance trends, premiums and discounts, and corporate actions and events.
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