Investing in TYW now is almost a guarenteed way to loose money. TYW was offered at a premium of +6%. Better closed end funds are available at a discount of...
Well they finally made it official. ZTR new dividned policy of .033/sh per month plus .0025 stock. This almost goes back to the 10% that the management...
The merger is being voted on 6/10/04. I think MGC will approve the merger, since Mr. Olin owns approx 35% and I assume will vote yes to allow Mr. Bradshaw to...
Looks like MXE is actually beating the Ishare Mexico issue. I've been tracking the two since the start of the year and the MXE portfolio has been consistently...
I am trying to. I infered from the small recent moves in FRF's NAV that much of the French equities have been sold. So when EWQ fell on 6/8 by 2% and FRF...
FRF claims on their website that they took more than 10 cents per share out of NAV to pay for costs of winding up. They claim as well to have started...
It was amusing to see the move on Thursday of MS Global Oppty (MGB). Apparently some source of stock info, (Forbes.com picked up on it Fri), got the symbols of...
Ideally, I should be able to make $1/share on each share I sell in the market, during the pricing period when HQH s/b 5% > discount price to be available the...
mgb opened down only modestly before really tumbling. Looks a dump on the opening saved day traders a chunk of dough with a wait and see approach offering only...
--Guess, who else got spooked? Yahoo Finance. Look at the headlines under MGB Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Bond Fund Inc (MGB) At 3:53PM ET: 7.34 0.11...
I don't think you'd be better off buying half or all at market prices because, if you had owned and exercised the rights, you will be able to pick up shares 5%...
FRR finally posted a new NAV. On 6/16 NAV was unchanged from 6/14 probably they are sold out of stocks as the EWQ went up 2% on Tuesday. Odds are --- In...
June 17, 2004 Dear Fellow Shareholders of The Latin American Discovery Fund, Inc. (LDF): We take the time to contact you today to explain how we voted for the ...
Dear Obinhoodra, Thanks for taking the time to express your sentiments on LDF. I agree with them and have already voted accordingly. Three cheers for Mr....
there is a proxy battle re withholding votes for directors. the problem i run into is the party with a substantial stake negotiates a deal good for it. If i...
The telephone proxy solicitors for IRL behaved as if they were working for the IRA or some other anti-democratic organization. They first argued against...
France Growth Fund Declares Liquidating Distribution of $8.42 Per Share Tuesday June 22, 3:47 pm ET NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2004--The France Growth...
IRL's phone proxy soliciters in one case refused to accept votes in support of open ending in other cases they accepted the vote after much protest but in one...
The IRL phone solicitor seemed a bit pushier than I'm used to with these guys. I simply thanked them for reminding me to vote, and indicated I would be doing...