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Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust (FTF) declares $0.0783/share monthly dividend, -0.9% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0790.Forward yield 10.27%Payable May 14; for shareholders of record April 30; ex-div April 29.See

Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust (FTF) declares $0.079/share monthly dividend, 0.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.079.Forward yield 10.24%Payable April 15; for shareholders of record March 31; ex-div March 30.See

Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust (FTF) declares $0.0786/share monthly dividend, 1.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.0776.Forward yield 10.0%Payable Feb. 12; for shareholders of record Jan. 29; ex-div Jan. 28.See

Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust (FTF) declares $0.0776/share monthly dividend, 0.8% increase from prior dividend of $0.0770.Forward yield 10.42%Payable Jan. 15; for shareholders of record Dec. 31; ex-div Dec. 30.See

22 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 17 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week.Markets rebound, led by commodities.MLPs are the highest-yielding CEF sector.

Barron's Weekly lists stocks announcing "dividend payment boosts" on the very last page of its financial data. Here is your dogcatcher 8/31-9/28/20 rundown for 85 equities proclaimed those five-weeks.Increases for the period ranged $0.00007 per month by ITUB, to $0.66481 semi-annually by PTR, and ranged upward from 0.2% by WPC, to 135.7% by QIWI.Closed-End Investment Companies with nineteen hikes, and Financial Services companies with eighteen, and Real Estate with sixteen showed the most increases for the past four weeks.Ten top dividend-boosted stocks ranged 22.24% to 85.84% in estimated net-gains calculated from broker targets (including dividends less broker fees).$5k invested in the lowest-priced five in this collection of top-yield ten dividend-boosted dogs showed 41.02% more net-gain than that from $5k invested in all ten. The little, lower-priced dividend-boosted dogs ruled the September pack.

The weak trend in global trade and growth will not be enough to support risky assets such as equities in the coming months.The recent 10%+ consolidation in equities clearly shows how vulnerable is the market currently 'without' central banks and governments' help.Leading indicators such as South Korea exports not showing any sign of positive momentum for global equities in the near term.Global uncertainty and investors' fear will keep price volatility elevated for the rest of the year.