Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM)

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Could one hide this week anywhere in equities? Amazed to see major declines even among blue chip utilities. SPDR XLU was off 3.3% yesterday. You'd think plummeting interest rates alone would prevent that. Gold fell too.

I'm not selling anything because my portfolio is always well balanced between stocks and fixed income. One panicking thing I did was to go to a bank yesterday and withdraw a stack of currency. In tough times the whole world runs on American C-Notes. Already, as you noted, blue chip stock yields are starting look damn good compared to alternatives.

I'm especially interested in the performance of index funds since they haven't been tested in a decade. Of course they're falling... but no more than most things.

As for CLM, it continues to under-perform as its premium disappears. Its portfolio quality is of little importance because its ludicrous DISTRIBUTION doesn't come primarily from underlying yield. CLM may well go to a NAV discount soon.