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Closed-End Fund Review — Fourth Quarter 2009

Jeff Margolin, Senior Vice President & Closed-End Fund Analyst at First Trust Advisors, examines the closed-end fund universe for the fourth quarter of 2009 and gives his outlook for 2010. Read more...


Today's Asset Class Leaders
Top Asset Classes 1 day
Lipper Avg
Emerging Mkts Debt Funds 0.35%
Real Estate Funds † 0.33%
High Yield Fds Leveraged † 0.25%
Global Income Funds † 0.24%
High Yield Funds 0.22%
Bottom Asset Classes 1 day
Lipper Avg
Growth Funds -0.19%
Developed Market Funds -0.16%
Emerging Markets Funds -0.04%
Sector Equity Funds -0.01%
FL Muni Debt Funds 0.00%
Average Asset Class performance at NAV as of 3/9/2010
† New Fund(s) within last six months, based on inception date of fund. 		View All Classes

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Today's Fund Leaders

 1 day as of 3/9/2010
Fund Name
 (Ticker)		 NAV
Return		 NAV
Rank
1.33% 6
0.89% 8
0.74% 15
0.71% 11
0.68% 8
0.67% 5
0.67% 10
0.66% 15
0.65% 20
0.64% 24
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