SPE
Special Opportunities FundSPE
SPE
About: Special Opportunities Fund Inc is the United States based closed-ended diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to have the total return. The company's investment portfolio consists of investment companies, common stocks, money market funds, commodity partnerships, preferred stocks, convertible bonds, liquidating trusts, promissory notes, senior unsecured notes, warrants, rights, corporate notes and corporate bonds. In addition, it also makes investments in construction materials, consumer finance, healthcare equipment and supplies, independent power and renewable electricity producers, insurance, personal products, professional services and real estate investment trusts.
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Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
89% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $22.9M [Q2] → $43.3M (+$20.4M) [Q3]
57% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 11 | Existing positions reduced: 7
25% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 5 | Existing positions closed: 4
12.28% more ownership
Funds ownership: 15.69% [Q2] → 27.98% (+12.28%) [Q3]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 36 [Q2] → 36 (+0) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for SPE.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about SPE published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
3 days ago
Special Opportunities Fund Declares Distributions For First Quarter of 2025
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared the next three monthly distributions under the Fund's managed distribution plan. Under the Fund's managed distribution plan, the Fund intends to make monthly distributions to common stockholders at an annual rate of 8% (or 0.6667% per month) for 2025, based on the net asset value of $16.47 of the Fund's common shares as of December 31.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
My 9.5% Income Portfolio: Better With Less, But Better
Risk is the probability of a negative event in the future. An abstract concept that is not measurable; otherwise it would not be risk. Ascertaining value is the first step in controlling risk, that is, in reducing the possibility of incurring losses that cannot be predicted in advance. My choice to invest in securities with positive NAV performance over time is a way to try to control risk.
Neutral
Business Wire
4 weeks ago
Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Dividend Declaration
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.171875 per share on the Fund's 2.75% Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C. The dividend is payable on December 31, 2024 to holders of record as of December 19, 2024.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
SPE: Stick With This Activist CEF As They Deliver On Recent Performance
Special Opportunities Fund has shown significant improvement in 2024, achieving a total return of nearly 39%, outperforming the S&P 500's YTD return of 30%. Bulldog Investors' activist campaigns have successfully narrowed discounts in various CEFs, with potential for further narrowing into 2025, enhancing SPE's performance. Despite high management fees and costs, SPE's rising net assets and improved performance suggest a sustainable high distribution policy and potential for increased monthly distributions.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Annual Stockholders Meeting
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: SPE), announced today that its Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on December 11, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, at the offices of Blank Rome LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 16th Floor, New York, NY. Stockholders planning to attend the Meeting must register in advance by contacting John Buckel, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services at john.buckel@usbank.com no later than December 4, 2024 and agree to comply w.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
My 9.5% Income Portfolio CEFs And Classic Cars
Closed-end funds are special income vehicles, with many positive aspects and just as many weaknesses that take time to be properly understood and evaluated. I discovered their existence about ten years ago, and over time, I became convinced of their worth by developing a personal method of selection based mainly on NAV performance. This is an analytical, data-driven approach which I then extended to other types of securities in my portfolio, namely ETFs and BDCs.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
2 Magnificent Picks For Recurrent Passive Income
I gather as much safe recurring passive income as possible. My portfolio is built to be a self-reliant income-generating machine. Leveraging the skills of others to your benefit shouldn't be overlooked.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
My 9.5% Income Portfolio-Fifty Shades Of Blue
My portfolio includes CEFs, ETFs, a few BDCs and an ETN, for whose selection I have developed over the years a criterion based mainly on NAV performance. In this article, however, I decided to focus on the price of each security in my portfolio, comparing it with the lows and highs touched throughout its history. An overview of the path each one has taken from launch to current market quotation with a personal assessment of the possible room for maneuver from those values.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 months ago
Special Opportunities Fund Declares Distributions For Fourth Quarter of 2024
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared the next three monthly distributions under the Fund's managed distribution plan. Under the Fund's managed distribution plan, the Fund intends to make monthly distributions to common stockholders at an annual rate of 8% (or 0.6667% per month) for 2024, based on the net asset value of $14.31 of the Fund's common shares as of December 31.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
3 months ago
SPE: Solid Performance While Deep Discount Persists
Special Opportunities Fund (SPE) offers exposure to a diversified portfolio managed by activist group Bulldog Investors, focusing on discounted closed-end funds. The fund's discount is quite attractive both on an absolute basis and a relative basis compared to its historical level. SPE's portfolio includes a focus on other CEFs but that also includes business development companies and special purpose acquisition companies as well.
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