Aug. 7 at 10:52 PM
$CLM and
$CRF
With the big increase in NAV this week, the premiums dropped to 15.8% for CLM and 13.9% for CRF. Cornerstone has depended on periodic Rights Offerings (RO) for a very long time to raise new capital when the premiums get to 25%+. The Cornerstone portfolios closely follow the S&P 500 so if the S&P increases so does NAV, which is decreased by the monthly distributions, so the S&P has to increase 21% annually to offset the distributions and keep NAV at the same level. The CLM share price needs to be
$8.15 to reach a 25% premium and CRF needs to hit
$7.90 at the current NAV. I think Cornerstone may have to change some of the terms in future ROs to make them work. We'll see.