VBFC vs HEQ Comparison

Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp is a bank holding company. The banking is the primary operating business of the company. It offers a range of banking and related financial services, including checking, savings, certificates of deposit and other depository services, and commercial, real estate, and consumer loans, primarily in the Richmond, Virginia and Williamsburg, Virginia metropolitan areas. Its operating segment includes Commercial Banking and Mortgage Banking. The company generates maximum revenue from the Commercial Banking segment, which provides the mortgage banking segment with the short-term funds needed to originate mortgage loans through a warehouse line of credit and charges the mortgage banking segment interest based on the commercial banking segment's cost of funds.

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return with a focus on current income and gains and also consisting of long-term capital appreciation. It invests in various sectors such as financials, consumer discretionary, information technology, energy, healthcare, materials, real estate, consumer staples, short-term investments, and others.