BBN News and Press, BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust of Beneficial Interest From 04/26/23

2023-04-26 10:33:00 ET Summary Municipal closed-end funds primarily invest in investment-grade municipal bonds with longer maturities to maximize tax-exempt income. Municipal CEF discounts typically widen in periods of market stress, but we believe this time may be different as cr...

2023-04-19 02:00:00 ET Summary An attractive bond yield didn’t hold as much luster once the AMT shaved off up to 28%. AMT muni bonds fund unique capital projects, such as airport improvements, hospital expansions, and student-loan and affordable-housing programs. With A...

2023-04-13 03:30:28 ET Summary NBB has had a pretty strong 2023 so far and is in positive territory since my last bullish review. The fund did see an income cut in January, which was not a great sign. Then this month, we were hit with another cut announcement. This makes me less b...

2023-03-14 06:48:04 ET Summary BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust is trading at a sharp discount to NAV, along with one of its sister funds. Taxable munis appear safe, as state coffers have seen their "rainy day" funds grow over time. The fund's distribution rate remains a...

Summary For the third month in four, equity CEFs (+5.60% on a NAV basis) on average witnessed positive performance. While their fixed income CEF cohorts (+4.08%) posted gains for the second month in three. At month end, 18% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, with 22% of e...

Summary After a year best forgotten, 2023 has started out with a bang. January was a strong month that gave equity investors a timely relief rally. While this was a welcomed development, I am concerned that equity prices are getting too disconnected from reality. We have a challenging m...

Summary We review closed-end fund market valuation and performance through the second week of January and highlight recent market action. CEFs continue to power ahead, stringing together two strong weeks in a row. We look at the key lessons of 2022 that can guide investors in their ...

Summary Presenting our 2022 year-end review of our 8% Income Portfolio. This high-income portfolio earned over $29,000 in distributions (including year-end special distributions) amounting to over 14% yield-on-cost basis. The portfolio had a loss of -12.5% in 2022, compared to -18.2...

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust ( NYSE: BBN ) declares $0.1029/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 6.94% Payable Jan. 31; for shareholders of record Jan. 13; ex-div Jan. 12. See BBN Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Grow...

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...