BFK News and Press, BlackRock Municipal Income Trust From 10/15/18

BlackRock will host a fixed income outlook & tax loss strategies closed-end fund conference call on Wednesday, October 17 th at 4:15pm ET. Topics will include: Outlook on the credit cycle Impact of rising rates on CEF distributions Year-end tax loss strategies Id...

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There's more than one way to invest in municipal bonds. Closed-end municipal funds seek to provide higher levels of income, and short-term volatility can present attractive entry points for long-term investors. Municipal bonds offer multiple benefits to income-seeking investors-high qualit...

BlackRock Municipal Income Trust (NYSE: BFK ) - $0.0585. BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II (NYSE: BLE ) - $0.0580. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE: BKN ) - $0.0570. BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (NYSE: BTT ) - $0.0624. BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust ...

By John R. Mousseau, CFA In a year when we have seen commentators talking about the relative flatness of yield curves, we have a conundrum when we look at the US Treasury yield curve and the US muni yield curve (shown here as the Bloomberg AA general obligation yield curve). Curve 1 belo...

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Moody's Investors Service's recently released annual municipal bond market snapshot, US Municipal Bond Defaults and Recoveries, 1970-2017, with updates through 2017, reaffirms two hallmark benefits that muni bonds continue to offer. First, muni bonds continued to be highly rated in 2017, wit...

By Stephanie Larosiliere, Senior Client Portfolio Manager on Aug 24, 2018, in Fixed Income Tax reform created a rush of issuance last year Recently, municipal bonds have performed well despite increased market volatility and a rising interest rate environment that saw the 10-year U...

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The persistent clamor from investors seeking opportunity and direction this summer is set to become even louder. August is expected to bring with it an estimated (and significant) $51 billion in potential reinvestment demand from municipal bond holders. This means the supply/demand imbalance, ...