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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.11% -8.05% 434.16M 54367.33
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
8.39% 9.00% -32.69M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. In pursuing its investment objectives, the Fund will evaluate returns on an after-tax basis, seeking to minimize and defer shareholder federal income taxes. The Fund’s strategy consists of owning a portfolio of common stocks and selling covered call options.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Derivative Income
Category Index CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite BXM PR USD
Global Category Name Equity Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Equity-Income
Fund Owner Firm Name Eaton Vance
Prospectus Benchmark Index
S&P 500 TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Thomas Seto 19.02 yrs
Charles Gaffney 0.93 yrs
Douglas Rogers 0.93 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of May 09, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
9.52%
-12.72%
32.43%
0.51%
23.68%
-16.58%
7.50%
8.64%
21.83%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
-18.11%
26.29%
9.83%
27.91%
-13.36%
25.32%
-0.10%
28.99%
-6.89%
0.82%
6.32%
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18.62%
9.75%
-28.35%
30.97%
7.44%
39.18%
-11.70%
28.77%
16.02%
25.33%
-27.38%
21.47%
4.22%
37.46%
5.49%
31.05%
29.50%
20.28%
-26.50%
22.60%
13.52%
As of May 09, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of March 31, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 0.07% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 99.93% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. In pursuing its investment objectives, the Fund will evaluate returns on an after-tax basis, seeking to minimize and defer shareholder federal income taxes. The Fund’s strategy consists of owning a portfolio of common stocks and selling covered call options.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Derivative Income
Category Index CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite BXM PR USD
Global Category Name Equity Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Equity-Income
Fund Owner Firm Name Eaton Vance
Prospectus Benchmark Index
S&P 500 TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Thomas Seto 19.02 yrs
Charles Gaffney 0.93 yrs
Douglas Rogers 0.93 yrs

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