BIT News and Press, BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust of Beneficial Interest From 06/22/21

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...

IHS Markit's PMI business surveys showed the economic recovery gaining momentum in May as output growth accelerated to the fastest for 15 years. Although growth of new orders accelerated globally in May to reach the highest since 2006, employment growth slowed marginally compared to A...

Diminishing economic uncertainty from COVID-19 should give rise to expectations of a normalisation of monetary and fiscal policy during 2022. Although there has been much discussion on the prospect of rapidly rising inflation, we believe growth risks remain paramount for equity invest...

Annuities are one of the best tools for a retirement income plan but have one large drawback - the loss of principal. You give up your assets for a lifetime income stream that lasts as long as you and your spouse live. The insurance company assumes all of the risks. A CEF portfoli...

Shares of BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust of Beneficial Interest (NYSE:BIT) traded today at $18.97, eclipsing its 52-week high. So far today approximately 96,000 shares have been exchanged, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 127,000 shares. Over the past year, BlackRock Multi...

As well as financing escalating government deficits, central banks face an additional problem of replacing contracting bank credit to the non-financial private sector if a slump is to be avoided. Banks are already reducing their credit allocations to the non-financial private sector. ...

Near-record supply chain disruption has led to fastest rise in global input prices since August 2008. Higher costs were passed through to clients at sharpest pace for over a decade in March. Shipping delays, elevated transport costs and higher commodity prices likely to feed throu...

Shares of Kronos Advanced Technologies Inc. (OTC: KNOS) were trading slightly higher this week after the Company announced that it had exchanged its entire holdings in First Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BIT) for Dogecoin Cash (CRYPTO: DOG) . It’s important to note tha...

There are three primary things that I see a lot of newer CEF investors get hung up on; return of capital, section 19a and data aggregators distribution classifications. All three of these have to do with the tax character of the distributions and the mistakes that can be made. The...

Global PMI signals fastest rise in firms' input costs since 2008. Charges for goods and services both rise at steepest rates in PMI survey history. US sees sharpest price hikes, led by rising prices for consumer goods. For further details see: Global Price Gauge Hits New...