BIT News and Press, BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust of Beneficial Interest From 03/05/18

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (NYSE: BST ) - $0.1300. BlackRock Build America Bond Trust (NYSE: BBN ) - $0.1318. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE: BGT ) - $0.0583. BlackRock Core Bond Trust (NYSE: BHK ) - $0.0650. BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (NYSE: BIT ) - ...

The strength of January disappeared in February despite little negative macroeconomic news, leading many analysts to conclude that profit-taking (and to a certain extend deleveraging) was driving the sudden fall in the S&P 500 ( SPY ). And while the shot-up in the VIX drove a fascinating, ...

We recently covered the annual rebalancing event of ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Closed-End Fund ETN ( CEFL )/ YieldShares High Income ETF ( YYY ) ( I , II , III , IV ). Both funds track the ISE High Income Index [YLDA]. This article summarizes the changes made to the index and loo...

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE: BGT ) - $0.0583. BlackRock Core Bond Trust (NYSE: BHK ) - $0.0650. BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (NYSE: BIT ) - $0.1167. BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE: BKT ) - $0.0265. BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (NYSE: BLW ) - $0.0795. ...

So some very interesting observations emerged from the Cambridge Income Laboratory chat session this evening. In times of market panic, securities often get sold indiscriminately and en masse, causing prices to deviate from their net asset values. Who can forget the flash crash of 2015 when ...

The year has started extremely strong for stocks, so that even after the correction at the end of January, the S&P 500 ended up 5.7% YTD by the start of February. Index funds for junk bonds ( JNK ) and municipal bonds ( MUB ) did not fare as well, being flat and down 1.2% respectively: W...

Click here to enjoy my full 2018 outlook and reflections on becoming a better investor. Alpha Gen Capital - DIY Investing Summit 2018 - January This is our 2017 annual review of our portfolio and strategy for our Core Income Portfolio (yes, we need a more catchy name!). The strategy of...

This is the third posting in a series on the overall portfolio structure implied by a focus on a dividend-growth portfolio. A previous posting, “A Dividend-Growth Portfolio Isn't a Strategy; It's a Class of Assets,” ( A Dividend-Growth Portfolio Isn't A Strategy, It's A Class Of ...

Members of Yield Hunting! received this article early as part of our general strategy and positioning going into 2018 series. When we first started our strategy of investing in a portfolio designed to produce income during retirement while not relying themselves on equities or dividend i...

Last year, ISE did not update its holdings page during the entire rebalancing event, and neither could any information be gleaned from the webpage for ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Closed-End Fund ETN ( CEFL ). The new entrants were only known with certainty after YieldShares High Income E...