SPE
Special Opportunities FundSPE
SPE
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.
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of 7,327 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
11% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 10 | Existing positions reduced: 9
2.3% less ownership
Funds ownership: 28.74% [Q4 2024] → 26.45% (-2.3%) [Q1 2025]
6% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $44.7M [Q4 2024] → $42.2M (-$2.47M) [Q1 2025]
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 38 [Q4 2024] → 35 (-3) [Q1 2025]
25% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 6 | Existing positions closed: 8
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for SPE.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about SPE published over the past 30 days
Positive
Seeking Alpha
6 days ago
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.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
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.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
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.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 weeks ago
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.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
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.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
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.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
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.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
SPE: Looking For Diamonds In The Rough, But It Has Issues
The Special Opportunities Fund is an investment I have looked at before, and was impressed with. I recommended it for income investors in the past. However, further review shows some cracks in the foundation, with odd reporting times and confusing tax paperwork where the fund managers contradict themselves. Despite this, the fund has proven to be a solid investment in the past, with a decent dividend record, and a unique asset mix that is not found in other funds.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 months ago
Shareholders of Tejon Ranch Co. Urged to Vote for an Accountable Board of Directors
SADDLE BROOK, N.J., May 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) and Bulldog Investors, LLP (together, “Bulldog”), holders of 2.1% of Tejon Ranch Co., urge shareholders of Tejon Ranch Co. (NYSE: TRC) (“Tejon”) to vote to elect Andrew Dakos, Phillip Goldstein, and Aaron Morris as directors. Bulldog strongly believes that electing these nominees to Tejon's ten-person Board of Directors, will result in greater transparency and accountability and a higher stock price.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
My Income Portfolio: In The Garden Of Eden
Total Return can be misleading if not supported by NAV growth, as it may include unsustainable distributions and Return of Capital. Behavioral finance shows markets are irrational, making it crucial to consider practical aspects beyond theoretical Total Return calculations. I believe that NAV performance can affect our discretion in the reinvestment choices for the distributions we receive from our savings much more than Total Return.
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