BFK News and Press, BlackRock Municipal Income Trust From 06/12/18

By Catherine Stienstra As we kick off the historically positive summer months for the muni market, investors could see higher returns - but may have a hard time finding bonds. The passage of Memorial Day has officially ushered in summer: the season of backyard barbecues, pool parties...

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By Rob Amodeo, Head of Municipals at Western Asset , a Legg Mason affiliate. The U.S. Supreme Court effectively cleared the way for states to benefit from legalized sports gambling when it ruled in May in favor of New Jersey's challenge to the federal Professional Amateur Sports Prote...

Replay information is now available for BlackRock’s municipal closed-end fund conference call that was held on Wednesday, May 9 th . Additional information on the call can be found below. Featuring: Peter Hayes, CIO and Head of the Municipal Bonds Group Ted Jaeckel, Portfoli...

By 2035, the elderly will outnumber young people for the first time in American history. i Or so say new projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This graying of the U.S. population is largely attributable to the aging baby boomer generation, which is retiring in ever-increasing number...

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BlackRock will host a municipal closed-end fund conference call for financial advisors and investors on Wednesday, May 9 th at 4:15pm ET. Topics will include: Where to be positioned on the yield curve in this environment Impact of rising leverage costs on closed-end fund di...

Albert Einstein was, it turns out, apparently not the person who defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result" (see here ), but it's a good definition just the same. The definition certainly applies in economics and financial markets when we...

The following Q&A is from a discussion that originally took place as part of Closed-End Fund Association’s podcast series on Monday, April 16, 2018. Joined by Purva Petal, CIMA®, Senior Vice President, Client Portfolio Manager — Nuveen Asset Management and Robert Amode...

By Ted Vogel, Portfolio Specialist, Municipal Fixed Income "Inflation is taxation without legislation." - Milton Friedman U.S. Treasury rates increased across the yield curve in the first quarter as market attention focused on generally better-than-expected economic data releases and u...