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Canyon Capital wins with gaming stocks despite casino closures

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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The Canyon Balanced Fund was up 4.58% in May, bringing its return for the first five months of the year to -20.1% net. In their May letter to investors, which was reviewed by ValueWalk, the Canyon team said the month's strength was driven partially by expectations that the policy backdrop would be supportive.

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Investors especially looked forward to the Federal Reserve's capital markets initiatives. Market optimism about a recovering economy also drove May's strength. The Canyon team said the positive May sentiment came from declining virus infections, business reopenings, easing travel...

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.