Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund

Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund operates as a closed-end investment trust. It intends to provide exempt current income from regular federal income taxes and to enhance portfolio value and total return. The company was founded on November 19, 2008 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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Equity and fixed-income markets had another strong month in December, driven by continuing retreating risk-free Treasury rates. We even saw an improvement in the breadth of the overall market, with broader participation lifting some of the beaten-down sectors for the year. That said, closed-end fund discounts remain historically wide, and that continues to drive opportunity in the CEF wrapper.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuveen Closed-End Funds today announced that the Board of Trustees of the Funds has approved the regular monthly and quarterly distributions. In addition, the Board of Trustees has approved updated distribution polices described below under “Monthly & Quarterly Distributions” for The Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund (NYSE: JPC), Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (NYSE: JPI), Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund (NYSE: NPFD), Nuveen.

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October was a challenging month for the equity and fixed-income markets, with surging risk-free rates in the Treasury market putting pressure across the board. I've added to positions with utility, REIT, and municipal bond exposure, taking advantage of some extraordinary discounts in the closed-end fund space. The key theme was to continue to limit adding any significant fund-level leverage to my portfolio in the current month, as I've been doing throughout this year.

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Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP) and Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund (NUW) are worth considering as tax-free income plays. NXP is trading at a slight discount, while NUW remains more attractive for potential upside if the discount narrows. Both funds have low or no leverage and focus on high-quality municipal securities, making them more conservative options in the fixed-income space while also looking to exploit discounts/premiums as CEFs.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Board of Trustees of certain Nuveen municipal closed-end funds declared regular monthly distribution rates and updated certain distribution policies. Additionally, several leveraged municipal closed-end funds have announced distribution rate increases of between 7% and 24% to deliver higher monthly cash flows to shareholders. These changes are intended to help support secondary market trading in fund shares and improve each fund's discount to NAV. It is ant.

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September was the worst month for equities in 2023, but that's simply creating buying opportunities for the long-term investor. I added to four different positions in my CEF portfolio this month, though they are all familiar names that I've already owned. The theme this month was once again avoiding taking on leveraged funds, and none of the four funds take on any leverage in the form of borrowings.

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This month, I added to 5 different closed-end funds, but it came from the result of selling off 2 for swaps as well. Swap opportunities come up as we can exploit the discount/premium mechanics in closed-end funds. Overall, I have continued to stick with a low or no-leverage theme in this environment as I look to de-risk my CEF portfolio.

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This month I added to three of my already existing positions to grow my income. I'm continuing to avoid adding too much in terms of leveraged funds to deleverage my overall portfolio, and letting some cash build-up has a similar effect. The market overall is continuing to remain resilient despite another 25-basis point Fed hike and broader participation to the upside continued for a second month.

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Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund offers exposure to tax-free municipal bond distributions and has a large discount, making it a solid consideration for a portfolio. The fund has strong distribution coverage and has seen net investment income increase due to the higher yield environment. NUW's portfolio is diversified across various types of issuers and has a significant majority of investment-grade holdings.

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In June, the broader indexes headed higher, with more participation outside of only the mega-cap growth names. As usual, I continue to put capital to work every month, but I've also been letting some cash accumulate, too, as the broader indexes continue to march. This month I've added to my position in ASGI and NUW; I've also added ECAT as a new position to my portfolio as a tactical play.

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April saw the market continuing to push off the lows it touched in March due to bank failures. Despite the overall uncertainty and precarious banking situation, the overall market volatility has continued to sink lower and lower.

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NXP and NUW are both municipal bond funds focused on higher quality portfolios. The overwhelming majority of their portfolios are invested in investment-grade municipal bonds.

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The Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund is the older and larger of these two Nuveen funds. The Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund has lower leverage and shorter duration than its sister fund.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuveen today announced that the Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund (NYSE: NUW) and the Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NYSE: NCA) have each declared a post-reorganization distribution. The distributions follow the pre-reorganization distribution, announced on February 23, 2021. The following dates apply to today's post-reorganization distribution declaration: Record Date March 18, 2021 Ex-Dividend Date March 17, 2021 Payable Date April 1, 2021 Per Share Dist

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