Hi Pat: My first Inner Circle question is: what is your opinion on the following for steady income: ING Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund and PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund? Thanks.

ING Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund, $9.35, symbol IGD on New York (Shares outstanding: 97.5 million; Market cap: $911.6 million; www.ingfunds.com), is a closed-end fund that holds 130 global common stocks with a history of high dividend yields.

The fund currently has 41.9%… Read More

Hi Pat: This is my first time asking a question. What is your opinion on the following as an investment: Income Streams III Corp equity dividend shares (STQ.E)? Thank you.

Income Streams III Corp equity dividend shares, $7.28, symbol STQ.E on Toronto; (Units outstanding: 1.4 million; Market cap: $10.2 million; www.quadravest.com), is a split-share company with two types of shares: equity dividend (symbol STQ.E on Toronto) and capital yield (symbol STQ on Toronto).

Split-share companies typically… Read More