CEF Connect Provides Closed End Funds Information

Closed End Funds (CEFs) have garnered a lot interest from stock market participants in recent years that are looking for investment income from low expense funds.  However, Closed End Funds are not well understood financial products by the general investing public.  A web portal called CEF Connect has emerged as the premier Internet source of information about Closed End Funds, and serves is an invaluable Closed End Funds educational, trading, and investing resource.

CEF Connect provides information for investors that want to learn about Closed End Funds.  The Education Center tab on the CEF Connect website offers three categories of information:  CEF Basics, CEF Types and Strategies, and CEF Advanced Topics.  CEF Basics answers basic questions about Closed End Funds, such as:  What is a Closed End Fund?, Potential Advantages of Closed End Funds, and Closed-End Fund Key Concepts.  CEF Types and Strategies explains the types of Closed End Funds that are available to investors and the typical investment strategies that are utilized by investors in Closed End Funds.  CEF Advanced Topics explains what leverage is, how leverage is utilized by Closed End Funds to increase their investments, and the risks associated with using leverage to make investments.

A Glossary and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page that further explain Closed End Funds are also provided as part of the CEF Connect Education Center.  To get up to speed on Closed End Funds, see Unraveling The Mystery Of Closed End Funds.

CEF Connect Investment Features

The CEF Connect website offers useful features for investors seeking to make investments in Closed End Funds.  It also provides fund pricing data and information about the structure of Closed End Funds for investors that are interested in learning more about specific Closed End Funds.

The CEF Connect Fund Screener provides investors the opportunity to find Closed End Funds that suit their investment needs.  Using the CEF Connect Fund Screener, a potential investor can sort by the major Closed End Fund Categories, including:  Tax-Free Income, Taxable Income, United States Equity, and Non-United States/Other.  The CEF Connect Fund Screener search can be further refined to search by fund sponsors and funds that either do or do not participate in leveraged investing.

The CEF Connect Fund Sorter allows users to sort Closed End Funds by:  Ticker, Fund Name, Strategy, Discount (to Net Asset Value).  The CEF Connect Fund Sorter is a useful tool to find Closed End Funds that fit into a desired investing strategy and to understand the current discount to Net Asset Value for Closed End Funds.

The CEF Connect Closed End Funds Internet portal is a powerful tool that is available to investors considering investing in Closed End Funds and investors invested in Closed End Funds.  Additional enhanced features are available to registered users of CEF Connect.

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