BFK News and Press, BlackRock Municipal Income Trust From 11/20/18

By Patricia Healy, CFA Today's municipal bond market is anything but "sleepy," as Spencer Jakab characterized it in his Wall Street Journal article, "Prophet of Muni Market Doom Wasn't Wrong, Just Early" (10/26/2018). The Prophet of Doom he referred to was Meredith Whitney, who shortly b...

The investment grade segment of the tax-exempt US municipal bond market differentiates itself from other US fixed-rate bond markets by typically trading to a spread to a AAA municipal bond yield curve that is created by amalgamating market color from the primary and secondary markets' trading ...

By John R. Mousseau, CFA Here's our first take after the midterm elections. The polls actually got it right, with the Democrats taking the House of Representatives and the Republicans enjoying a slight pickup in the Senate. Divided government, with different parties in control of the H...

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BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (NYSE: BYM ) - $0.0520. BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust (NYSE: BAF ) - $0.0585. BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust (NYSE: BTA ) - $0.0545. BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund (NYSE: MUI ) - $0.0445. BlackRo...

Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Municipal Funds: Taxable Municipal Fund: Taxable Funds: Equity Funds: * In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company...

The current U.S. economic expansion is now the second-longest in the postwar era, and while it may have more room to run, we believe a recession is likely over the three- to five-year horizon. As U.S. taxpayers think about positioning their portfolios, we see three key reasons why the tax-ex...

Replay information is now available for BlackRock’s fixed income outlook & tax loss strategies closed-end fund conference call that was held on Wednesday, October 17 th . To coincide with the call, BlackRock has published a market insights piece that highlights BlackRock...

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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...