Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc

Duff & Phelps Utility & Infrastructure Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company. It's investment objective is to seek total return resulting primarily from a high level of current income, with an emphasis on providing tax-advantaged dividend income, and growth in current income, and secondarily from capital appreciation. It invests in electric, gas, waster, telecommunications, and midstream energy industries. The company was founded on March 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Investors are undoubtedly looking for some safety considering that we have seen three bank failures in less than a week. Duff & Phelps Utility and Infrastructure Fund invest in a portfolio of utilities and infrastructure companies that should be able to provide this safety considering their inherent stability.

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DPG has continued to push into a higher premium after breaking into premium territory in 2021 for the first time since its inception. The fund's distribution has been steady, and although the NAV rate is elevated, I wouldn't expect a cut.

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Utilities and infrastructure companies tend to make good investments during uncertain times because of their overall stability and reasonably high yields. DPG invests in a portfolio of these assets with the goal of providing its investors with a high level of current income.

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Now that DPG is trading down and yields are going above 10% by a decent margin, one might want to consider it for its income and exposures. Oil and gas infrastructure, whether commodity exposed or not, are decent investments right now.

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Several of the utility/infrastructure funds in the CEF space are pretty popular. The utility and infrastructure space can be a good fit for a CEF portfolio, providing steady income through regular cash flow due to being necessary for everyday life.

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For the eleventh month in 12, equity CEFs on average witnessed plus-side returns, rising 3.48% on a NAV basis for October. While for the second consecutive month fixed income CEFs posted returns in the red (-0.14%).

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Utilities and infrastructure are generally good entities for retirees and other income-focused investors. DPG invests in these generally stable entities and boasts a reasonably diversified portfolio that is mostly focused on utilities and midstream.

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CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Duff & Phelps Utility and Infrastructure Fund Inc. (NYSE: DPG), a closed-end fund advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., today announced that on October 22, 2021, it will redeem all of its outstanding Floating Rate Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series B (CUSIP No.

Duff & Phelps Utility and Infrastructure Fund Inc. To Redeem Floating Rate Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series B

DPG has an attractive 9.6% yield and I like the manager. This is a great investment if it can support the distribution.

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DPG recently slid from its historically high premium before charging back up higher.

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Even with inflation moving higher, investors seeking income still have limited options. The interest rates that government and corporate bonds are paying are still well below their historical averages.

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Utilities tend to be very popular among retirees and other conservative investors due to their inherent stability.

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DPG has distributed 35 cents a quarter since its inception in 2011. This is an attractive income stream if the distribution can be supported. I continue a series where I examine CEFs beyond the yield with a look at DPG which, like its sister fund DNP, is in the utility sector.

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Utilities are a popular investment among investors seeking stability and income. DPG has a substantial amount of exposure to companies that are devoting themselves to the development of renewable sources of power.

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DPG is one of several utility-focused CEFs, these are popular amongst CEF investors since the underlying provides strong cash-flow.

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The three we came up with are: Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund (DPG), the not very succinctly named Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure Utilities Dividend & Income Fund (MFD), and the Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund (MGU).

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