BIT News and Press, BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust of Beneficial Interest From 05/10/18

First and foremost a HUGE thank you to my awesome audience here on Seeking Alpha. With the last two articles on ( BIT ) and ( GOF ) you helped me grow to over 4,000 followers and have also helped grow Income Idea . As a "Thank You" and to answer some questions on what else Income Idea articl...

In my previous article, we discussed the Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund ( GOF ). I titled the article "GOF - The 'Hot' Girl You Shouldn't Marry" because while it is a very interesting fund with an exciting strategy and managers at the helm, there are ultimately too many risks pr...

Please Note : This article was first published for Income Idea subscribers on Thursday along with additional analysis and implementation ideas. All data in this article is as of 5/2/2018. I have generally been a fan of actively managed funds where the management team has the flexibility to ...

For the inaugural issue of The Chemist's CEF Report (September 2016), describing the background and rationale of the Report, please click here . This edition uses data taken from the close of March 30. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "cefrep". Methodolog...

For the inaugural issue of The Chemist's CEF Report (September 2016), describing the background and rationale of the Report, please click here . This edition uses data taken from the close of March 1. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "cefrep". Methodology...

Corporate Spreads The bond market has a wide range of information and you often need to step outside of the Treasury market to see the entire picture. Looking at the spread between Baa Corporate bond yields, investment grade bonds, and CCC corporate bond yields, junk bonds, can ...

I recently floated the idea of creating a "widow and orphans" version of the Savvy Senior "Income Factory" that I have been refining, tweaking and reviewing for the past seven years. As readers know, my core portfolio is a high income (i.e. high current yield), largely credit oriented (a...

The Bank for International Settlements says bond issuance is rising on the back of demand from passive investors in the fixed income world. More news on: iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF, PIMCO Dynamic Credit Income Fund, PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund, News on ETFs, Read more ... ...

How I Was Able to Avoid the Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC) Dividend Cut Last Thursday afternoon (March 1), JQC announced a dividend cut of dividend 13.7%. Many investors, including myself, knew this was coming well ahead of time by examining a “cheat sheet” that mos...

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 ) - ...