BHK News and Press, Blackrock Core Bond Trust From 07/15/19

Make no mistake in your thinking. The nations of Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the rest of the European Union, along with Switzerland, and Japan, are "forcing" the Fed into a corner without any real escape. To begin with, the Fed, by its charter, is an "Independent Entity" created by t...

Closed-end funds ("CEFs") rebounded in the month of June alongside risk markets after a weaker May. Discounts across the CEF space ended the month at -5.11%, about 27 bps tighter than on May 31. Z-scores continue to inch higher and rose to +0.75 from +0.58. CEFs have had a bit of a period of...

BlackRock Core Bond Trust (NYSE: BHK ) declares $0.0600/share monthly dividend , -7.7% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0650. Forward yield 5.1% Payable July 31; for shareholders of record July 15; ex-div July 12. See BHK Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth....

It is somewhat hard to believe that it is once again the first Friday of the month. This means that it is time for yet another jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In this case, the report was rather disappointing as job creation numbers greatly missed the expectations of analyst...

Over the past year or so, I have been arguing that investors need to watch the bond market because the bond market will be capturing and incorporating into prices the major forces impacting the world. Here we are at the end of May 2019 and the percent yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note ...

Firth Ratings has issued a warning - a general one, not about any specific fund or provider of them - concerning open-ended bond funds. The essential and basic idea of such funds leaves them potentially vulnerable to the same problems banking is. That of a bank run where withdrawals outpace th...

To liquefy the bond market, the financial risk management profession thinks to introduce the innovations to bond trading that led to the stock market liquidity/volume explosion of the early 21st Century. Various financial firms have introduced four principal innovations: Index funds Futu...

BlackRock Build America Bond Trust (NYSE: BBN ) - $0.1188. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE: BGT ) - $0.0618. BlackRock Core Bond Trust (NYSE: BHK ) - $0.0650. BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (NYSE: BIT ) - $0.1167. BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE: BKT ) - $0.0344. Black...

Recent volatility has created opportunities to invest in high-yielding leveraged credit closed-end funds trading at a discount to net asset value. 2018 can be summed up in one word-volatility. To some, that word may have negative connotations. At BlackRock, we embrace volatility and look f...

Introduction One of the important reasons why I’ve taken the position that, left to its own devices (i.e., without the effects of reckless or pernicious government policies), the economy is headed towards a slowdown rather than a recession is that interest rates didn’t go high ...