Short Interest in Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. (NYSE:MSD) Drops By 16.5%

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. (NYSE:MSD) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 352,500 shares, a decrease of 16.5% from the January 15th total of 422,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 83,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Stifel Financial Corp acquired a new position in Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund in the 4th quarter valued at $91,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund in the 4th quarter valued at $551,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund by 74.8% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 10,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,000 after purchasing an additional 4,450 shares during the last quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund in the 4th quarter worth $2,186,000. Finally, GraniteShares Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund in the 4th quarter worth $2,481,000.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE MSD opened at $8.01 on Friday. Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a 52 week low of $6.86 and a 52 week high of $8.21. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $7.80 and its 200 day moving average price is $7.77.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th were paid a dividend of $0.265 per share. This represents a $1.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 13.23%. This is an increase from Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund Company Profile

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc is a closed ended fixed income fund launched and managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc The fund invests in fixed income markets of emerging market countries across the globe. It primarily invests in debt securities of government and government-related issuers, of entities organized to restructure outstanding debt of such issuers and debt securities of corporate issuers in or organized under the laws of emerging countries.