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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$16.86 -0.3%	$14.93	$12.80 ▼ $17.75	N/A	1.19	74,899 shs	93,519 shs
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	$9.98 -0.4%	$10.44	$9.20 ▼ $10.71	N/A	0.79	194,332 shs	197,862 shs
FT Franklin Universal Trust	$6.37 +0.2%	$6.53	$5.97 ▼ $7.06	N/A	0.74	61,493 shs	40,966 shs
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	$17.32 +0.7%	$18.11	$12.96 ▼ $19.24	$351.60M	0.72	40,607 shs	17,043 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	-0.35%	+0.59%	+11.84%	+14.22%	-2.03%
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	-1.62%	-4.44%	-4.16%	-1.96%	+1.06%
FT Franklin Universal Trust	-1.38%	-3.32%	-1.54%	-2.44%	-8.30%
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	-2.17%	+0.53%	-7.34%	-3.43%	+23.44%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4/17/2024 (Estimated)
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$0.02	0.12%	N/A	N/A	1 Years
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	$0.79	7.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	$0.51	8.01%	+9.92%	N/A	N/A
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	$1.42	8.20%	+23.31%	N/A	2 Years

Latest FT, AWF, ASA, and MCI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/3/2024	ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Semi-Annual	$0.02	0.1%	5/3/2024	5/6/2024	5/16/2024
4/5/2024	FT Franklin Universal Trust	monthly	$0.0425	7.7%	4/16/2024	4/17/2024	4/30/2024
3/26/2024	AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	Monthly	$0.0655	7.38%	4/4/2024	4/5/2024	4/19/2024
3/7/2024	FT Franklin Universal Trust	monthly	$0.0425	7.8%	3/18/2024	3/19/2024	3/28/2024
2/27/2024	AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	monthly	$0.0655	7.6%	3/7/2024	3/8/2024	3/22/2024
2/7/2024	FT Franklin Universal Trust	monthly	$0.0425	7.9%	2/16/2024	2/20/2024	2/29/2024
1/23/2024	AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	monthly	$0.0655	7.61%	2/1/2024	2/2/2024	2/16/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	N/A
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	0.29%
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	1.00%
FT Franklin Universal Trust	7.79%
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	2.17%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	Optionable
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable
FT Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable
MCI Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	20.30 million	19.86 million	Not Optionable

FT, AWF, ASA, and MCI Headlines

Source	Headline
	BHK Investment Advisors LLC Cuts Position in Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) marketbeat.com - April 13 at 4:17 PM
	MCI: Contains Junk Rated Debt That Outperforms The S&P In Total Return seekingalpha.com - April 6 at 10:17 AM
	Barings Corporate Investors money.usnews.com - March 23 at 12:55 AM
	Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2023 Results finance.yahoo.com - February 26 at 3:27 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2023 Results businesswire.com - February 26 at 3:00 PM
	How To Earn 7% Passive Income With 10 Funds Portfolio seekingalpha.com - February 10 at 1:43 PM
	My 9% Income Portfolio-In Search For Happiness seekingalpha.com - February 9 at 12:16 PM
	Activist Investor Barington Capital Pursues Change in Mattel's Strategy to Enhance Stock Value econotimes.com - February 2 at 9:28 AM
	MCI: Strong Track Record But Not At A Bargain seekingalpha.com - December 31 at 1:21 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors Raises Dividend to 38c a Share marketwatch.com - December 15 at 10:46 AM
	Barings Corporate Investors Announces Increased Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.38 Per Share finance.yahoo.com - December 14 at 6:00 PM
	MCI: Solid 8.4% Yield For A Rich Retirement Dream seekingalpha.com - December 13 at 8:05 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Third Quarter 2023 Results finance.yahoo.com - November 16 at 3:15 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors Announces Increased Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.37 Per Share finance.yahoo.com - October 10 at 7:25 PM
	MCI Vs. PTY: Outclassed msn.com - September 19 at 2:00 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Declares $0.35 Dividend msn.com - August 25 at 3:37 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors Raises Quarterly Dividend by 9.4% to 35c marketwatch.com - August 17 at 5:04 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Second Quarter 2023 Results and Announces Increased Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.35 Per Share finance.yahoo.com - August 17 at 5:04 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors: 'The Real Deal' Top Income Fund For Over 50 Years msn.com - June 14 at 3:03 PM
	MCI: A Strong Outperformer But Less Known msn.com - June 3 at 4:05 AM
	MCI - Barings Corporate Investors finance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 5:29 PM
	Monday Is Your Last Chance To Buy Barings Corporate Before The Dividend Payout msn.com - May 25 at 12:28 PM
	Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Declares $0.32 Dividend msn.com - May 21 at 9:02 AM
	Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2023 Results and Announces Increased Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.32 Per Share finance.yahoo.com - May 18 at 5:20 PM

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Company Descriptions

ASA Gold and Precious Metals

NYSE:ASA

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It primarily invests in stocks of companies engaged in the exploration, mining or processing of gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, or other precious minerals. It also invests in exchange traded funds. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up approach to create its portfolios. The firm obtains external research to complement its in-house research. The firm is focused on covering the metals and mining sector. This record reflects the investment preferences or overall investment strategy of ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited. ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited was founded in 1958 and is based in Portland, Maine.

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

NYSE:AWF

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund is a close-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by AllianceBernstein L.P. It invests in fixed income markets across the globe. The fund primarily invests in lower-rated corporate debt securities and government bonds. It employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a composite index comprised of JPMorgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global, and the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index. It was previously known as Alliance World Dollar Government Fund II, Inc. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund was formed on May 20, 1993 and is domiciled in the United States.

Franklin Universal Trust

NYSE:FT

Franklin Universal Trust is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched by Franklin Resources, Inc. The fund is managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests in companies operating in utility sector. It employs fundamental analysis to invest in a diversified portfolio of corporate bonds and dividend paying utility stocks. The fund benchmarks the equity component of its balanced portfolio against the S&P 500 Electric Utilities Index and the fixed component against the Credit Suisse High Yield. Franklin Universal Trust was formed on September 23, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

Barings Corporate Investors

NYSE:MCI

Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Barings LLC. It invests in fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in a portfolio of privately placed, below-investment grade, long term corporate debt obligations. The fund also invests in marketable investment grade debt securities, other marketable debt securities, and marketable common stocks. It was formerly known as Babson Capital Corporate Investors. Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust was formed in 1971 and is domiciled in the United States.

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