DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, which engages in the investment to a portfolio of investments selected for their potential to provide high current income, growth of capital, or both. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and its secondary objective is to seek capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 10, 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

There are still lots of big, cheap and safe dividends out there—but they're going fast as this market floats higher.

The Best, And Worst, Dividend Investments To Buy In 2021

Revisiting DSL after the distribution cut looks like there is still some opportunity here. High yield and emerging market debt can mean less sensitivity to interest rate increases that DSL invests in.

DSL: Discount Closing, Still Some Opportunity

Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund

Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund

Eagle Point Income Company Inc

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund

Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund

BlackRock MuniVest Fund Inc

Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund

Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund

The CEF market has put in very strong returns in the few months since our last update. We discuss some of the key themes driving the CEF market in the medium term.

Key Themes Of The CEF Market

The Last Cheap Dividend? Monthly Payer Yields 7.6%

Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund

Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund 

Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund

Ivy High Income Opportunities Fund

KKR Income Opportunities Fund

Invesco High Income Trust II

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxYxZ funds are DSL, HPI, and HPF.

'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report, (Belated) January 2021

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc.

PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund

PCM Fund

PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II

Pimco Global Stockplus & Income Fund

Pimco High Income Fund

Pimco Income Opportunity Fund

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

We take a look at the PIMCO CEF leverage and coverage numbers for December. Overall, December was a pretty good month for shareholders as coverage increased across the board, NAV gains exceeded distributions while PIMCO took aggregate leverage lower to reflect less attractive valuations.

December Taxable PIMCO CEF Update

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund

Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc.

Blackrock California Muni Income Trust

Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

Doubleline Opportunistic Credit Fund

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund Inc

Eagle Point Credit

Eagle Point Credit Company Inc 7.75 % Pfd Registered Shs 2016-30.10.26 Series B

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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund

New American High Income Fund

Invesco High Income 2023 Target Term Fund

Nuveen Credit Opportunities 2022 Target Term Fund

Nuveen Global High Income Fund

Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund

Nuveen Preferred & Income Term Fund

Nuveen Preferred & Income Securities Fund

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are NHF, ARDC and KIO.

The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, January 2021

Ares Capital

Baker Hughes Co

Citizens Financial Group

ConocoPhillips

Chevron

Devon Energy

Dynex Capital

Edison

Enterprise Products Partners

Entergy

Fifth Third Bancorp

Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund

Gladstone Capital

LTC Properties

Main Street Capital

Marathon Petroleum

NiSource

ONEOK

Prospect Capital

STAG Industrial

Tortoise Essential Assets Income Term Fund

Valero Energy

Williams

October-December KiplingerToday published four articles: 11 Best Monthly Dividend[s].for 2021; 21 Best Stocks To Buy.; 11 Dividend Growth Stocks; 25 Dividend Stocks Analysts Love. These I called Kiplinger Top-Stocks for2021. These 68 stocks included two duplicates (tinted yellow) leaving 66. Of those, 57 paid dividends and, per the Dogcatcher dividend return rule, 20 are now ripe to buy.

2021 Kiplinger Top Stocks Include 57 Paying Dividends And 20 Priced To Buy

Principal Real Estate Income Fund

Only funds with yield over 7.5%, coverage higher than 90% and trading at a discount are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given.

The 'High-High-Low' Closed-End Fund Report, December 2020

Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

GGM Macro Alignment ETF

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund

Cohen & Steers Reit And Preferred Income Fund Inc

Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund

Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund Inc

Reaves Utility Income Fund

Last year was tough for everyone, including investors. Staying afloat in the financial markets involved considerable effort. Having reached the end of a troubled 2020, it is time to take stock of how the funds in my portfolio performed.

My Income Portfolio - Investing Wearies

Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund Inc

Can a dividend cut actually be a good thing?

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With the latest shareholder report out, we take a look at DSL - an EM debt overweight fund from DoubleLine. The fund has recently made a big distribution cut. However, we find that its current coverage is very strong, assuming it hasn't made big changes in its portfolio.

DSL: A Serial Deleverage Machine With Strong Coverage

DSL: Better To Cut Than Erode Assets, Fund Now Looking Attractive

The relationship between risk and return is of fundamental importance when choosing and evaluating a financial investment. For generations, investors have believed that risk and return are inseparable, convinced that the higher the returns, the greater the risks.

My Income Portfolio - The Risk-Return Paradox

I like to add closed-end funds trading at a discount to NAV to my portfolio. The DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund is extremely successful and led by bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Offers An 11.07% Distribution And A Creative Portfolio

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.15 per share for the month of November 2020. The distributions are subject to the following...

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares November 2020 Distribution

Blackrock Health Sciences Trust

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.15 per share for the month of October 2020. The distributions are subject to the following...

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares October 2020 Distribution

There’s a joke going around that the S&P 500 isn’t the S&P 500 anymore. It’s now the “S&P 5.

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.15 per share for the month of September 2020.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares September 2020 Distribution

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Ltd

Calamos Dynamic Convertible & Income Fund

Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund 

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund

New Germany Fund

The Month In Closed-End Funds: May 2020

Blackrock Limited Duration Income Trust

Eaton Vance Senior Floating Rate Fund

Western Asset Global High Income Fund

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund

RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc.

Just to be clear, these are not "buy" recommendations but considerations if you own the "sell" fund.

Some Potential Swaps To Consider (If You Own The Sell Fund)

Macy's

Macquarie Infrastructure

New Residential Investment

NuStar Energy

Park Hotels & Resorts

Sabra Health Care

It may sound old to read that investors love dividends. That is something the public is just going to have to learn to deal with.

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The emergence of the coronavirus outbreak in China with implications for global growth represents a higher risk for the fund in 2020.

DoubleLine Income Solutions: 8.6% Yield With A Curious Rally To Start 2020

News for DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund ETF (DSL)