Seeking Alpha Seeking Alpha Portfolio App for iPad  (Note: For
those who need some background on the advantages and
disadvantages of high yield closed end funds and bonds, see my
article here.)  There has been a good deal of talk in the
markets in the last week about the possibility of a "tapering"
in the Fed's QE program. The result of all of this chatter was
an unusually volatile week which ended with investors seemingly
no more sure of what to expect from the Fed than they were at
the start of the week. Given this volatility, the wise thing for
investors to do is to look for stocks, bonds or ETFs which are
doing well under current conditions, but would also do even
better if the Fed begins tapering off QE and shows signs of
letting rates rise.  With that in mind, I went looking for
investments that would benefit specifically from an increase in
rates, but which are doing reasonably well now also.
Specifically, those assets that would do best if QE begins to
taper off are the ones that have assets which ear