BFK News and Press, BlackRock Municipal Income Trust From 12/31/18

The BlackRock registered closed-end funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") announced today that Henry Gabbay will become an independent director/trustee of each Fund on January 1, 2019. Mr. Gabbay will stand for election at the 2019 annual shareholder meeting for each Fund liste...

By John R. Mousseau, CFA Muni yields rose in the first six weeks of this quarter - mostly in sympathy with US Treasuries (UST). We saw the 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds rise 20 and 25 basis points respectively. Since early November, AAA muni yields ((AAA)) have dropped across the boar...

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By Kathy A. Jones Peak expectations The worst may be over for the bond bear market. After more than two years of steadily rising bond yields (and falling bond prices, which move inversely to yields), our research suggests that 10-year Treasury bond yields may have peaked for this tighten...

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By Sheila Amoroso, Senior Vice President, Director, Municipal Bond Department, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group Municipal bond yields moved higher in 2018 and seem likely to continue moving up in 2019 if market expectations for further interest-rate increases play out. Sheila Amoros...

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...

A number of BlackRock (NYSE: BLK ) municipal closed end funds are starting open market share repurchase programs for up to 5% of their outstanding common shares through the end of the month. More news on: BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust, BlackRock Investment ...

BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that the Boards of Directors/Trustees of the below BlackRock municipal closed-end funds (the “Funds”) have authorized open market share repurchase programs (the “Repurchase Programs”) pursuant to which each Fund may repurcha...

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 ...