SPE
Special Opportunities FundSPE
SPE
About: Special Opportunities Fund Inc is a 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 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
33% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 12 | Existing positions closed: 9
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 36 [Q3] → 38 (+2) [Q4]
3% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $43.3M [Q3] → $44.7M (+$1.32M) [Q4]
0.67% less ownership
Funds ownership: 27.98% [Q3] → 27.31% (-0.67%) [Q4]
75% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 3 | Existing positions reduced: 12
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for SPE.
Financial journalist opinion
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Special Opportunities Fund Seeks to Elect Directors of Tejon Ranch Co.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J., April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Special Opportunities Fund, Inc., (SPE or the “Fund”) (NYSE: SPE), one of the largest shareholders of Tejon Ranch Co., (TRC or “Tejon”) (NYSE: TRC), announced that it is soliciting proxies to elect three independent directors of Tejon at its annual meeting of shareholders on May 13, 2025.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
Special Opportunities Fund Declares Distributions For Second 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.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month 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 March 31, 2025 to holders of record as of March 20, 2025.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
My Income Portfolio: Financial Awareness
The essence of financial awareness is to realize that money can work for us through our investments. Understanding the value of money is the first step toward financial education, which leads to the selection of the most appropriate tools for developing that awareness. In my case, the instruments I have adopted are largely high-income vehicles, with monthly and, in some cases, quarterly distribution.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
SPE: Discount To NAV Normalized; Downgrade To Hold
The Special Opportunities Fund (SPE) focuses on discounted closed-end funds, undervalued operating companies, and other special distributions to generate absolute returns. The SPE fund delivered 46% total returns since December 2023, outperforming the S&P 500. But with its discount to NAV normalized, forward returns are expected to be more modest. The SPE fund raised its 2025 distribution to $0.1098 / month, or an 8.4% forward yield.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
My 9.5% Income Portfolio-Like Mosaic Tiles
Our investments, usually conceived and implemented gradually over time, are the pieces of a personal mosaic that form the whole of our assets. One solution for entering the financial markets can be Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA), a form of investing a constant amount at regular intervals. However, initiating a plan to buy stocks according to the logic of DCA presupposes awareness of the fluctuations in financial markets and their psychological implications.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
Yes, You Can Retire On Dividends -- 2 Big Yields Up To 8.5%
Create a portfolio that rains money into your account every month, so you don't need to worry any longer. Get buckets of income, not thimbles of income. Investors get caught trying to "beat everyone else" and fail to set real goals.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
3 months ago
SPE And PFO: Two 'Buy' Opportunities Based On Attractive Discounts
Closed-end fund discounts/premiums, due to their structure, allow for potential opportunities to capitalize on mean reversion. CEFs also offer relatively higher distribution yields as they leverage their portfolios and payout sources of income, capital gains and/or return of capital. Today, we are giving SPE and PFO a look; these are two funds that, we believe, are attractively valued and provide monthly distribution to investors.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 months 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
3 months 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.
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