NFJ — Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund

US equity
15.63 +0.51% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 12.35 · high 15.73

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Performance

1 day+0.51%
1 week-0.45%
1 month+3.51%
3 months+8.39%
6 months+13.43%
Year to date+20.60%
1 year+23.07%
3 years+26.66%
5 years+0.32%

Technicals

RSI 1464.0
vs 50-day avg+2.59%
vs 200-day avg+12.55%
Volatility 1y14.0%
Max drawdown 1y-10.77%
Avg volume 30d209.1K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)7.81%
Paid last 12m1.2200
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-03-10

Measured signals that fired on NFJ

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-19Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Volume shock without a price move
price
-1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-13Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-02Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-29Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-04-01Saba Capital Management, L.P.
10% owner
Open-market purchase3.5K12.6544.4K
2026-03-30Saba Capital Management, L.P.
10% owner
Open-market purchase30.5K12.39377.9K
2026-03-27Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase92.0K12.351.1M
2026-03-26Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase68.8K12.52861.2K
2026-03-25Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase41.5K12.64524.4K
2026-03-24Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase16.7K12.45207.7K
2026-03-23Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase66.0K12.52826.7K
2026-03-19Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase28.2K12.41349.8K
2026-02-18Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase60013.858.3K
2026-02-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase17.2K13.76236.3K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
MORGAN STANLEY135.0M10.7M
Saba Capital Management, L.P.128.8M10.2M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/33.1M2.6M
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC21.1M1.7M
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP15.5M1.2M
Invesco Ltd.15.3M1.2M
Focus Partners Wealth12.1M956.1K
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.10.9M862.5K
LPL Financial LLC9.3M736.4K
Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC6.8M533.9K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
NPORT-P2026-06-262026-04-30on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13D/A2026-04-21on EDGAR ↗
SC TO-C2026-04-20on EDGAR ↗
N-CEN2026-04-142026-01-31on EDGAR ↗
N-CSR2026-04-092026-01-31on EDGAR ↗
42026-04-032026-04-02on EDGAR ↗
42026-04-012026-03-30on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-03-312026-01-30on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d34.4% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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