Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (NYSE:ETJ) Announces $0.07 Monthly Dividend

Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (NYSE:ETJ) declared a monthly dividend on Monday, February 3rd,Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of 0.0651 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.51%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th.

Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund has decreased its dividend payment by an average of 5.6% per year over the last three years.

Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund Price Performance

Shares of Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund stock traded up $0.02 on Tuesday, hitting $9.18. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 175,357 shares, compared to its average volume of 143,853. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $9.28 and a 200-day moving average price of $9.15. Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund has a 1 year low of $8.01 and a 1 year high of $9.60.

Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund Company Profile

Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It primarily invests in common stocks and purchases out-of-the-money, short-dated S&P 500 index put options and sells out-of-the-money S&P 500 Index call options of the same term as the put options with roll dates that are staggered across the options portfolio.