JCE vs MBCN Comparison

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide an attractive level of total return, through long-term capital appreciation and through income and gains. The Fund invests in a portfolio of actively managed large-capitalization U.S. common stocks, using the sub-adviser's proprietary quantitative process designed to provide the potential for long-term outperformance. Additionally, the Fund seeks to reduce the volatility of its returns relative to the returns of the Equity Portfolio over extended periods by writing (selling) index call options and/or call options on custom baskets of securities (the Options Strategy).

Middlefield Banc Corp is a United States-based bank holding company. It offers customers, banking services including checking, savings, negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts, money market accounts, time deposits, commercial loans, real estate loans, a variety of consumer loans, safe deposit facilities, and travelers' checks. It also provides online banking and bill payment services to individuals and online cash management services to business customers.