BKT News and Press, BlackRock Income Trust Inc. From 02/06/20

Background Information : With my previous article – My 20/20 Vision for the Year 2020 – I outlined my plans for 2020 and the structure of a fictive portfolio using dividend-paying stocks I hold in my personal stock accounts. The 2020 portfolio is based on allocating $10,000....

Investment-grade corporate bonds had a stellar year, rising more than 17% throughout 2019, based on the total return of Corporate Bond ETF ( LQD ). Investment-grade corporate bonds certainly have a spot in a balanced portfolio, in addition to less risky Treasury bonds. Historically, when ec...

With my previous article – My 20/20 Vision for the Year 2020 – I outlined my plans for 2020 and the structure of a fictive portfolio using dividend-paying stocks I hold in my personal stock accounts. The 2020 portfolio is based on allocating $10,000.00 to each of the 10 positio...

So, you want to fade the reflation narrative? Or maybe you don't, I have no idea. What I do know is that headed into 2020, many Wall Street year-ahead outlook pieces have coalesced around the view that some 70 rate cuts across the globe are set to manifest themselves in better economic out...

"Laughably good," is how one might very fairly describe the performance of US equities in 2019. The S&P put the finishing touches on a fourth weekly gain Friday, but the really impressive part is that the benchmark has risen in ten of the last eleven weeks. Do note that the only down we...

2019 finishes with an extra kick for investors. Part of that is the continued strong run of the market, erasing memories of last year's near bear market and extending the decade long bull. There are also plenty of market headlines and events that have sprung over the end of the year, from Phas...

The visceral reaction to a bond with a yield of 2% makes sense. It has become common for investment strategists to ridicule bonds as an investment due to the low "yield," without consideration for the regime of economic growth (accelerating or decelerating), or the myriad of portfolio benefit...

The following list reflects actual dividend paying stocks that I hold in my personal portfolio: Barings BDC, Inc. ( BBDC ), BlackRock Capital Investment ( BKCC ), Blueknight Energy Partners - PFD Units ( BKEPP ), BlackRock Income Trust ( BKT ), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust ( BDJ ),...

Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate the BlackRock Income Trust (BKT) as an investment option at its current market price. While I have been advocating going long on mortgage debt for years, I continue to see value in the space. The American homeowner is making good on thei...

In this article we will discuss the longer-term outlook for global interest rates and in particular longer-dated bond yields (NYSE: TLT ). The main purpose of this article is not to make any predictions over the short-term but serve as guidepost for potential shifts in deep secular trends th...