Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund (DEX) Research
The Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund functions as a closed-end balanced mutual fund. It was initiated by Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and falls under the management of Delaware Management Business Trust. The fund pursues a strategy of investing in publicly traded stocks and debt instruments across global markets. Its investment approach targets a diverse array of companies spanning various sectors, with a primary emphasis on dividend-yielding shares from large-capitalization corporations. For its fixed-income holdings, the fund includes a range of debt securities such as government bonds, both investment-grade and high-risk/high-yield corporate bonds, and convertible bonds. Furthermore, it allocates capital to securities within emerging economies. To assess its performance, the fund measures its portfolio's returns against several key benchmarks: the S&P 500 Index, the Lipper Closed-End Global Funds Average, the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index, and the BoFA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Constrained Index. This fund commenced operations on June 29, 2007, and is based in the United States.
Market snapshot
- Symbol
- DEX
- Price
- $7.56
- Day change
- -0.79%
- Market cap
- $80.3M
- P/E ratio
- -6.99x
- 52-week range
- 7.47-8.78
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Income
Peer companies
- Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. (DDF)
- Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Strategy Fund (EXD)
- Fidelity Global High Income Fd (FGHNX)
- Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (FMO)
- The GDL Fund (GDL)
- Green Owl Intrinsic Value Fund (GOWLX)
- Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA)
- Nuveen Preferred and Income Fund (JPT)
Recent insider activity
- Saba Capital Management, L.P. — J-Other (168346 shares) on 2022-07-08
- Weinstein Boaz — J-Other (168346 shares) on 2022-07-08
- Saba Capital Management, L.P. — A-Award (7 shares) on 2022-05-27
- Weinstein Boaz — A-Award (7 shares) on 2022-05-27
- Saba Capital Management, L.P. — P-Purchase (2000 shares) on 2022-06-23
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