AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund [NIE] Stock Forecast

Convertible securities offer the best of fixed-income securities and common equities to investors. AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund is heavily invested in technology and healthcare companies, which is not unsurprising but resulted in horrible performance when the bubble popped last year.

NIE has been paying consistent quarterly dividends with a reasonably strong yield and exceptionally high total return over the long term. Convertible securities protected NIE from extreme volatility of large-cap stocks, and covered call strategy helped it generate strong pay-out.

The AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund uses a combination of stocks, covered calls, and convertibles to provide investors with capital appreciation and current income. This differs from its sister CEF, the Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund, who emphasizes the convertible part of its strategy.

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NIE offers a quarterly distribution of $0.38 per share, which makes up a 5.02% yield, as of 09/18/2021. The quarterly distribution rate has been steady and changed only a couple of times over the last decade.

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns.

HARTFORD, Conn., June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (NYSE: NFJ) and Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NYSE: NIE) announced the following distribution declarations on their respective common shares: Fund Distribution Per Common Share Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund $0.225 Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund $0.380 The distributions will be payable on June 25, 2021 to shareholders of record on June 14, 2021 with an ex-dividend date of June 11, 2021.

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If you're on the hunt for big dividends, closed-end funds (CEFs) must be on your shopping list.

AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund is a US stock , located in New york of Ny and trading under the symbol NIE

AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund stock price is $18.89 today.

Yes, AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund is a publicly traded company.