HPI vs EDD Comparison

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide a high-level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The fund's principal investment strategies include investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, and short-term investments.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc is a closed-end management investment company. The company's primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve investment objectives by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its managed assets in emerging markets domestic debt. The fund's portfolio includes sovereign, quasi-sovereign, corporate bonds in emerging markets.