Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) News Today $12.06 -0.13 (-1.03%) As of 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Headlines Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipShort InterestTrends All Sources Trusted Sources MarketBeat Benzinga Bloomberg GuruFocus MarketWatch Motley Fool NASDAQ PR Newswire Reuters Seeking Alpha TalkMarkets The Street TipRanks The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Zen Yahoo Finance Source Sentiment refers to the positivity or negativity of each headline according to our language processing algorithm. 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Announces Results of Annual Meeting of StockholdersOctober 22, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield ISSeptember 20, 2024 | morningstar.comFranklin Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund Q2 2024 CommentaryAugust 21, 2024 | seekingalpha.comWestern Asset High Yield RAugust 2, 2024 | morningstar.comWestern Asset High Yield CJuly 28, 2024 | morningstar.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI)May 25, 2024 | investing.comLooking Past Spreads For Opportunities In High YieldApril 30, 2024 | seekingalpha.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of February 29, 2024April 29, 2024 | businesswire.comWestern Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund goes ex dividend MondayApril 19, 2024 | msn.comWestern Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. goes ex dividend MondayApril 19, 2024 | msn.comWestern Asset High Income Opportunity Fund goes ex dividend MondayApril 19, 2024 | msn.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI)April 3, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comJapan Investors in Alternative Assets Jump 50% in Hunt for YieldApril 2, 2024 | bloomberg.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HYI) Announces Portfolio Management Team UpdateMarch 4, 2024 | businesswire.comWestern Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc goes ex dividend tomorrowFebruary 20, 2024 | seekingalpha.comFranklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC Announces Distributions for the Months of March, April and May 2024February 20, 2024 | businesswire.comWestern Asset Global High Stock (NYSE:EHI) Dividends: History, Yield and DatesNovember 24, 2023 | benzinga.comLegg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC Announces Distributions for the Months of December 2023, January and February 2024November 14, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of August 31, 2023October 24, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund goes ex dividend MondayOctober 20, 2023 | msn.comWDI: Attractive Discount, ~12% Distribution Yield, And Solid CoverageSeptember 18, 2023 | msn.com$100,000 worth of investments for $85,000? In this market?July 17, 2023 | msn.comWestern Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust (IGI) Declares $0.07 DividendMay 22, 2023 | msn.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) Declares $0.09 DividendMay 22, 2023 | msn.comLegg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC Announces Distributions for the Months of June, July and August 2023May 15, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of August 31, 2022October 24, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund IncOctober 14, 2022 | reuters.comHYI.A - Western Asset High Yield Dfnd Opp FI | Stock Price & Latest News | ReutersOctober 14, 2022 | reuters.comHYI.P - Western Asset High Yield Dfnd Opp FI | Stock Price & Latest News | ReutersOctober 10, 2022 | reuters.comWhy Western New England Bancorp (WNEB) is a Top Dividend Stock for Your PortfolioSeptember 1, 2022 | nasdaq.comHigh Yield At Reduced Risk With Annaly PreferredsJuly 11, 2022 | seekingalpha.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of February 28, 2022April 27, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Common Stock (HYI)January 14, 2022 | nasdaq.comLegg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC Announces Distributions for the Months of December 2021, January and February 2022November 17, 2021 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of August 31, 2021October 20, 2021 | finance.yahoo.comWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.August 11, 2021 | barrons.comLegg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC Announces Distributions for the Months of September, October, and November 2021August 4, 2021 | finance.yahoo.com Get Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HYI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address HYI Media Mentions By Week HYI Media Sentiment Learn about the media sentiment score. Each headline receives a score ranging from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). Our company news sentiment scores track the average news sentiment of articles about each company over the most recent 7 days in order to identify companies that are receiving positive press. HYI News Sentiment▼1.000.67▲Average Financial Services News Sentiment HYI News Coverage Learn about the media coverage comparison. We track news headlines from hundreds of news outlets and tag them by company. This chart compares the number of articles about this company in the last seven days compared with the average number of articles about this company on a typical week. HYI Articles This Week▼30▲HYI Articles Average Week Get Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HYI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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