Interactive Stock Charts provided by WD SOFTWARE
 
 
 
Invalid request!

Fund Name: Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (WEA)

Ticker: WEA

Listed On: empty, Fund Manager: empty

Issuer: Western Asset Funds

Open: empty, Prev Close: 12.07

Prev Volume: 12347

Yesterday's Range: empty, 52 Week Range: 14.25 - 12.07

Cusip: 957664105

Marginable: --

Option Tradable: --

Short Selling: --

Derivatives: --

Inception share price: $15.01

Inception date: March 28, 2002

Shortcuts: Dividends, Holdings, Monthly Data, Semi Annual Data, Expenses

The investment objective of the Fund seeks to provide current income and capital appreciation for its shareholders by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of investment grade bonds. The Funds net investment income is distributed to the Fund+s common shareholders. The Fund invest substantially all but in any event 80% of its total managed assets in bonds and at least 65% of its total managed assets in bonds that at the time of investment are investment grade quality. The Fund invests 35% of its total managed assets in bonds. The Fund invests in securities or instruments other than bonds and may invest up to 10% of its total managed assets in instruments denominated in currencies other than US dollar.


 
Java support must be enabled in order to display FnCharts.
You can download Java from http://www.java.com
 
 

Manager Name: S. Kenneth Leech

ManagerFromTo
S. Kenneth Leech

Dividends:

Payable DateEx DateDistribution AmountLong GainShort Gain
Apr 30, 2009Apr 13, 20090.093800
Mar 31, 2009Mar 11, 20090.093800
Feb 27, 2009Feb 11, 20090.093800
Jan 30, 2009Jan 13, 20090.093800
Dec 31, 2008Dec 11, 20080.093800
Nov 28, 2008Nov 12, 20080.093800
Oct 31, 2008Oct 10, 20080.093800
Sep 30, 2008Sep 11, 20080.093800
Aug 29, 2008Aug 13, 20080.093800
Jul 31, 2008Jul 11, 20080.093800
Jun 30, 2008Jun 11, 20080.093800
May 30, 2008May 13, 20080.093800

Holdings:

DateHoldingDollar Value% of Total Portfolio
Dec 31, 2008FNMA 30YR POOL# 960118 6.000% 11/01/37N/A4.2
Dec 31, 2008AMCAR 2007-CMA3B 0.500% 05/07/12N/A2.2
Dec 31, 2008TYCO INTL FIN SA 6.900% 01/15/21N/A2.2
Dec 31, 2008GS MORTGAGE SEC Corp 4.400% 07/25/33N/A2.2
Dec 31, 2008FIRSTFED CORP MFG HSG 1996-1 B 8.100% 10/15/22N/A2.4
Dec 31, 2008TENET HEALTHCARE CORP SR NOTE 9.300% 02/01/15N/A2.4
Dec 31, 2008INDX 2007-AR15 2A1 6.000% 08/25/37N/A2.7
Dec 31, 2008FIRSTENERGY CORP NOTE 7.400% 11/15/31N/A2.9
Dec 31, 2008BSSP 2007-R11 A1 1.100% 09/27/37N/A3.3
Dec 31, 2008NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORP 3.200% 02/06/15N/A2
 
 

Semi annual Data:

Total net assets:$172,102,000
Semi annual fund data date:December 31, 2008
Total common assets:$100,102,000
Shares outstanding:11,474,540
Total preferred share assets:$72,000,000
Leveraged:41.84%
Rolling 3 avg rate:--
Share price:--

Other Data:

Average Weighted Maturity:--
Average Priced-to-Date:--
Average Coupon:--
Average Duration:2.4
% of Portfolio Pre-Refunded:--
%AMT (as of 2/28/2009):--
Derivatives:--

Monthly Data:

Fund Data Date:March 31, 2009
Net Value/Share:$8.44
Share Price:$9.1000
Premium Discount:7.82%
Distribution / Share:$0.0938
Current Distribution Rate:12.37%
Average Daily Volume:30,600

Expenses:

Expense Ratios:--
Expenses management fees:1.83%
Other Expenses:0.00%
Total Expenses:1.83%
 

External links:

  
Statistics
 
7days 3mth 6mth YTD SinceInception
-1.47% 9.73% 41.67% 35.62% -19.53%
 
General Bd - Investment Grade
RSS NEWS
  • 1 May 2012, 4:00 pm
  • [Business Wire] - Western Asset Premier Bond Fund announced today its newly formulated portfolio management team from Western Asset Management Company .
  • 1 May 2012, 7:00 am
  • [Business Wire] - Western Asset Premier Bond Fund announces its portfolio composition as of March 31, 2012.
  • 5 March 2012, 2:36 pm
  • [Business Wire] - Closed-end funds that are affiliated with Legg Mason, Inc. and are advised or sub-advised by Western Asset Management have issued manager commentary. The commentary
  • 26 October 2011, 8:32 pm
  • 8 June 2011, 8:03 pm
 
Latest Tweets on $WEA
No news items yet in the RSS feed!
 

Recent forum topics
 
Get Summary For Symbol

Last Updated on: 2010-01-14 02:03:40
 
 
Quotes are updated automatically. Quotes are delayed. Etftips.com has not reviewed, and in no way endorses the validity the data. Etftips.com shall not be liable for any actions taken in thereon. All information provided "as is" for informational purposes only, not intended for trading purposes or advice. Neither Etftips.com nor any of independent providers is liable for any informational errors, incompleteness, or delays, or for any action taken in reliance on information contained herein. By accessing the Etftips.com site, you agree not to redistribute the information found herein. ETF Values can go up as well as down.
 
Copyright EtfTips.com ©2009