Subject: 11/24/96--Closed-End Funds Author: DianeBW Uploaded By: DianeBW Date: 11/26/1996 File: CON61124.TXT (14939 bytes) Estimated Download Time (53797 baud): < 1 minute Download Count: 39 Needs: Any text editor or word processor BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE Transcript of Nov. 24, 1996, conference SECRETS OF CLOSED-END FUNDS Closed-end funds are a little-known offshoot of mutual fund with some surprising potential for investors, including in some cases bargain prices -- and they were the topic of a story in the Dec. 2 issue of Business Week. They were also the topic of BW's Nov. 24 conference, with closed-fund expert Thomas J. Herzfeld as guest. He is founder, chairman, and president of Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors in Miami. Tom Herzfeld was online with Jeffrey M. Laderman, BW senior writer and author of the Dec. 2 BW story -- and of BW's Guide to Mutual Funds.