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When the industry tries to narrow discounts, 'that's good for all of us'
The NAVigator
English - June 14, 2024 13:51 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsInvesting Business closedendfunds Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Nuveen's Dave Lamb on how fund firms are reacting to increased activism
Rob Shaker, Portfolio Manager at Shaker Financial Services, says that economic conditions — the debt-ceiling debate, troubled banks, higher interest rates and persistent inflation — have created a situation where the market isn’t climbing the proverbial wall of worry, but rather a ‘Wall of Meh.’ However, he adds that there is opportunity in the unimpressive current conditions, noting that long-term investors in closed-end funds can use lagging investor sentiment to capture discounts as early as the second half of this year, when he expects a ‘generalized recovery’ from today’s worrisome issues.