{"id":22292,"date":"2023-09-26T12:47:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T12:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microloannexus.com\/investing\/an-inside-look-at-how-corporate-bond-cefs-pay-9-yields\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T12:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T12:47:19","slug":"an-inside-look-at-how-corporate-bond-cefs-pay-9-yields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microloannexus.com\/?p=22292","title":{"rendered":"An Inside Look At How Corporate-Bond CEFs Pay 9%+ Yields"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The big jump in stocks\u2014especially tech stocks\u2014this year has proven the forecasts of imminent and dire recession that were seemingly everywhere in 2022 dead wrong.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, those predictions caused the investors who followed them an opportunity for gains (and dividends, too). And now many are likely wondering if it\u2019s too late to get back in, prolonging the suffering.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re one of them (or even if you\u2019re just looking to diversify), let me give you a lower-volatility, higher-yielding option: corporate bond focused closed-end funds (CEFs).<\/p>\n

How Corporate-Bond CEFs Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

To get a grasp of how corporate-bond CEFs work, we need to start with corporate bonds themselves.<\/p>\n

Companies borrow money, sometimes by issuing debt (bonds, in other words) to the market, promising to pay interest payments annually and return the principal at the end of the bond\u2019s term. The rates newly issued bonds give to investors rise as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates.<\/p>\n

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This is why we\u2019ve been optimistic about corporate-bond CEFs all year at my CEF Insider<\/em> service, and it\u2019s why now is a really good time to buy.<\/p>\n

Today, the average corporate bond yields over 8%, and to explain how buying bonds through a CEF works, let me start with an example: the $450-million bond issued in April 2021 by correctional-facility operator CoreCivic
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\n <\/fbs-ticker> Inc. (CXW)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Allspring Income Opportunities Fund (EAD) <\/strong>is a CEF that holds $8.5 million worth of that bond, or about 2% of the total bond offering.<\/p>\n

If we look up the bond\u2019s term sheet, we see a lot of data that\u2019s all important, but let\u2019s focus on the \u201ccoupon\u201d here, which is 8.25%.<\/p>\n

And that yield is sustainable, as EAD has been collecting its dividend since its issuance over two years ago. In other words, EAD has been getting this huge, reliable income stream while the value of the principal hasn\u2019t fallen with the market, since bonds are generally less volatile than stocks.<\/p>\n

But with this bond having been issued more than two years ago, when interest rates were lower, you\u2019d expect its value to have fallen, right? That hasn\u2019t been the case: in fact, the bond\u2019s value has risen<\/em> slightly, to around $100.57 from its $100 price when it was issued.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s beside the point: This bond has been paying an 8.25% income stream to EAD ever since the fund\u2019s managers bought nearly $4 million worth of these bonds when they were initially released to the public, and they\u2019ve added to their position since then.<\/p>\n

Back on April 30, 2021, the fund announced it had bought nearly $4 million worth of this bond, meaning EAD has earned $330,000 per year, every year, on that investment, for a total profit of $797,500 (and counting\u2014until the bond matures in April 2026, at which point EAD\u2019s principal will be returned).<\/p>\n

If they\u2019d invested $4 million in a stock-index fund, they\u2019d have earned just $405,600, or about half as much, illustrating that in some cases, bonds can outperform stocks, even though they entail less volatility.<\/p>\n

EAD currently holds 241 such bonds, which is partly how this fund yields a whopping 9.3%, based on its discounted market price (the yield we get, in other words), and pays dividends monthly.<\/p>\n

However, that yield is made more sustainable by EAD\u2019s 12.8% discount to NAV, because the yield based on the fund\u2019s NAV\u2014or what management needs to cover the dividend\u2014comes out to a much lower 8.1%.<\/p>\n

This also <\/em>means EAD buyers are getting this fund\u2019s hugely diversified portfolio of bonds for less than they\u2019re worth on the open market.<\/p>\n

That widening discount in 2023 has come despite the steady gain in the fund\u2019s NAV since the banking mini-crisis earlier this year\u2014and despite the fact that EAD\u2019s dividend is at its most sustainable level in a while.<\/p>\n

A good call here is to buy EAD before other investors realize they\u2019ve overlooked it and buy in, causing the discount on its big-yielding, high-quality portfolio to shrink.<\/p>\n

Michael Foster is the Lead Research Analyst for <\/em>Contrarian Outlook<\/em>. For more great income ideas, click here for our latest report \u201c<\/em>Indestructible Income: 5 Bargain Funds with Steady 10.2% Dividends.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Disclosure: none<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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