SPE

Special Opportunities Fund

SPE

Market cap $166M

Overview Fund Activity

15.64 USD

+0.06

0.39%

At close Updated Sep 17, 9:56 AM EDT

1 day

0.39%

5 days

-1.45%

1 month

1.23%

3 months

3.58%

6 months

4.2%

Year to date

6.32%

1 year

12.84%

5 years

24.03%

10 years

8.01%

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.

Financials Asset Management

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Funds holding %

of 7,463 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

180% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 14 | Existing positions reduced: 5

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $42.5M [Q1] → $44.3M (+$1.84M) [Q2]

1.0% less ownership

Funds ownership: 26.59% [Q1] → 25.59% (-1.0%) [Q2]

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 36 [Q1] → 35 (-1) [Q2]

33% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 2 | Existing positions closed: 3

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 3 articles about SPE published over the past 30 days

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Dividend Declaration

NEW YORK, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 September 30, 2025 to holders of record as of September 19, 2025.

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Dividend Declaration

10 Best CEFs This Month: Average Yield Of Nearly 9% (August 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight the ten best CEFs with solid track records that pay high distributions and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select 10 CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

10 Best CEFs This Month: Average Yield Of Nearly 9% (August 2025)

My 10% Income Portfolio-Protecting The NAV

Caring about dividends can increase our returns, but caring about NAV can save our portfolio. Return and NAV protection must go hand in hand, because there can be no sustainable return without protecting the value of the underlying assets. As far as I am concerned, the way to protect my portfolio is to favor only securities with a positive NAV over time.

My 10% Income Portfolio-Protecting The NAV

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 13% (July 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs with solid track records that pay high distributions and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select just five CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 13% (July 2025)

SPE Acts As An All-In-One Portfolio Strategy But May Not Be Optimal

SPE offers diversified exposure across CEFs, SPACs, equities, and BDCs, with an 8.5% yield and monthly distributions for income-focused investors. The fund's top holdings, GAM and STEW, are concentrated, value-focused equity funds. SPE holds substantial exposure to SPAC, adding significant risk and uncertainty to the portfolio.

SPE Acts As An All-In-One Portfolio Strategy But May Not Be Optimal

4 Closed-End Fund Buys In The Month Of June 2025

June saw strong tech-led gains, which helped to drive the broader equity indexes to new all-time highs. This was a continuation of what we saw last month, further bouncing off those lows we saw in April. With that said, I still do some buying every month to help compound and generate a growing stream of cash flow going forward.

4 Closed-End Fund Buys In The Month Of June 2025

Special Opportunities Fund Declares Distributions For Third Quarter of 2025

NEW YORK, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) has announced that the Fund's Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared the next three monthly distributions under the Fund's managed distribution plan.

Special Opportunities Fund Declares Distributions For Third Quarter of 2025

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 15% (June 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs with solid track records that pay high distributions and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select just five CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 15% (June 2025)

2 Picks For Monthly Distributions And Participating With Activists

Closed-end funds offer unique opportunities due to the structure, which allows for the share price to swing wildly different from the underlying portfolio value. There are activist groups that specifically target these in a way to take advantage of this feature within the closed-end fund space. On top of that, it also provides significant diversification by investing in already diversified CEFs, and additionally, this can translate into strong monthly distributions.

2 Picks For Monthly Distributions And Participating With Activists

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 June 30, 2025 to holders of record as of June 18, 2025.

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Dividend Declaration

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