BBN News and Press, BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust of Beneficial Interest From 12/19/22

Summary 2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 4 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. DEX will merge with AGD. Self-tender of 30% of DEX shares will proceed next January. FEO successfully liquidated. For further details see: Weekly Closed...

Summary The Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust is not a pure play, as it also owns corporate debt. Along with explaining this closed-end fund, I will compare it to two other taxable municipal bond funds I recently reviewed. Maybe due to its corporate...

Summary The BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust benchmarks against the Bloomberg Taxable Municipal Bond USD index. The Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund benchmarks against the same benchmark. I wasn’t able to find information on the benchmark, but not critical since both ar...

Summary Markets as a whole - whether equities, bonds, REITS, or alternative investments like crypto - have mostly suffered in 2022. The good news is some short-term relief has been welcomed. The other development from this year's selloff has been the opportunity for a number of "contrar...

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust ( NYSE: BBN ) had declared $0.1229/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Payable Dec. 1; for shareholders of record Nov. 15; ex-div Nov. 14. See BBN Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For f...

Summary The market has had a tough go of things in 2022, with a few exceptions. As we move into a new calendar year, I see some changes on the horizon. Fixed income, in particular, could get a rebound. While I would be reluctant to get too hawkish right now since the Fed (and othe...

Summary 16 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 12 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Watch for overvalued CEFs as market volatility rises. A reminder that the Tortoise tender offers are expiring. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF...

Summary Not many assets are in the green in 2022 as sentiment has soured. Yet, in this environment, USD has rallied. This has been the result of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates and also a move by investors to perceive safe haven assets. With such a strong move in the...

Summary The market is going through a period of extraordinary uncertainty. It makes the task of investing and conserving capital hugely challenging. With index investing, there's no escape from a roller coaster ride. For most people, especially retirees, it's very difficult to tol...

BlackRock Advisors, LLC released today share repurchase activity for certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) during the quarter ended September 30, 2022. The Funds have authorized open market share repurchase programs (the “Repurchase Programs”) purs...