Price Chart

Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.08% -12.18% 2.766B 510181.5
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
1.18% 19.00% -368.59M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Funds primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment program consists of owning a diversified portfolio of domestic and foreign common stocks. The Fund seeks to earn high levels of tax-advantaged income and gains by (1) investing in stocks that pay dividends that qualify for favorable federal income tax treatment and/or (2) writing (selling) stock index call options with respect to a portion of its common stock portfolio value.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Growth
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 World Stock
Fund Owner Firm Name Eaton Vance Management
Prospectus Benchmark Index
MSCI World NR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Christopher Dyer 8.51 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
20%
15%
10%
5%
0
View Category Returns. Upgrade now.
Name
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
15Y
Total Return (Price)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Total Return (NAV)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Category Rtn. (NAV)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
% Rank in Cat (NAV)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
As of April 24, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

Loading chart...
Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
29.60%
-12.05%
28.71%
10.32%
31.52%
-22.18%
11.46%
5.78%
21.83%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
-18.11%
26.29%
6.78%
30.43%
-12.03%
18.88%
3.30%
25.36%
-23.85%
9.35%
4.41%
27.88%
2.79%
31.05%
29.50%
20.28%
-26.50%
22.60%
7.60%
28.74%
-8.93%
33.67%
7.39%
32.61%
-21.19%
21.86%
9.42%
18.79%
-3.05%
22.68%
8.74%
10.42%
-19.09%
22.75%
4.39%
As of April 24, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of February 29, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 0.18% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 99.82% 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 Funds primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment program consists of owning a diversified portfolio of domestic and foreign common stocks. The Fund seeks to earn high levels of tax-advantaged income and gains by (1) investing in stocks that pay dividends that qualify for favorable federal income tax treatment and/or (2) writing (selling) stock index call options with respect to a portion of its common stock portfolio value.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Growth
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 World Stock
Fund Owner Firm Name Eaton Vance Management
Prospectus Benchmark Index
MSCI World NR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Christopher Dyer 8.51 yrs

Top Portfolio Holders

0 of 0