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MGF Income Quality Score

Aberdeen Government Markets Income Fund (MGF) has an Income Quality Score of 36/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Aberdeen Government Markets Income Fund (MGF) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis
Data-drivenObjective scoring across 4 quality, distribution and risk signals
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IQ Score
36/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
NYSE
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
308 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
July 31, 2026
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About this snapshot
This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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MGFAberdeen Government Markets Income Fund
36Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updatedMethodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-072026-072026-07-17 · 34.4 · Foe · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 35.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 35.3 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 35.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 36.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 36.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 35.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 36.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 36.0 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 36.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 36.0 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v3-direct-dist6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-07

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
14/100
Working Capital Preservation
55/100
Distribution Cut Score
40/100
Distribution Trend
79/100

What is working

  • Distributions growing year-over-year

What to watch

  • Distributions exceed long-term total return
  • 1–2 years with a material annual distribution decline

Flags & gates

  • Yield Trap

Distribution Safety

6Years raised
2Years cut
32Years of data
HeldCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19880.784Held
  2. 19890.832Raised
  3. 19900.634Lower total
  4. 19910.098Lower total
  5. 19920.441Raised
  6. 20000.198Lower total
  7. 20010.422Raised
  8. 20020.425Held
  9. 20030.356Lower total
  10. 20040.323Lower total
  11. 20050.325Held
  12. 20060.354Raised
  13. 20070.3996Raised
  14. 20080.5193Raised
  15. 20090.5184Held
  16. 20100.5231Held
  17. 20110.5103Lower total
  18. 20120.505Held
  19. 20130.4721Lower total
  20. 20140.4452Lower total
  21. 20150.4267Lower total
  22. 20160.4079Lower total
  23. 20170.3792Lower total
  24. 20180.3505Lower total
  25. 20190.3443Held
  26. 20200.348Held
  27. 20210.3275Lower total
  28. 20220.2796Cut
  29. 20230.2487Cut
  30. 20240.2396Held
  31. 20250.2314Held
  32. 20260.1333Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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