BGT News and Press, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

2026-02-28 23:56:11 ET More on BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust BGT: Earnings Unlikely To Improve As Long As Interest Rates Are High (Rating Downgrade) Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust Dividend scorecard for BlackRock Fl...

2026-01-30 12:44:52 ET Overview As interest rates remain elevated, there are growing concerns around the health of the debt markets. When I previously covered BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust Fund ( BGT ), I issued a hold rating due to the poor dividend coverage. Since m...

2025-11-25 07:04:53 ET Main Thesis and Background The purpose of this article is to evaluate the BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust ( BGT ) as an investment option at its current market price. The fund's objective is to "provide a high level of current income", and it does...

2025-10-16 18:20:41 ET Thesis We last covered the BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE: BGT ) a year ago right before the first Fed rate cut in 2024. In that article we downgraded the CEF to 'Hold', articulating that we were witnessing the start of an easing cycle wher...

2025-07-22 03:40:00 ET Our RAM Smid composite gained 6.11% in 2Q25, slightly trailing the Russell 2500 Value Total Return index which rose 7.29%. Given the strategy’s concentrated nature, with 28 positions at quarter end, some performance variability relative to the benchmark is ...

2025-06-20 17:02:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2025-06-07 08:22:02 ET The Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust ( EFT ) is a closed-end fund that has become a fairly popular method of earning income over the past few years. This is at least partly due to the fund’s fairly solid performance in the face of risi...

Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Municipal Funds: Declaration- 6/2/2025   Ex-Date- 6/13/2025   Record- 6/13/2025   Payable- 7/1/2025 Taxable Municipal Fund: ...

Today, BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ), BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR), BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust (NYSE: BGY), BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE: BME), BlackRock Heal...

2025-05-18 09:20:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...