BME News and Press, Blackrock Health Sciences Trust From 12/24/22

Summary We share data on over 50 big-yield healthcare investments, including individual stocks, REITs, closed-end funds ("CEFs") and bonds. We dive deeper into three specific attractive big-yield opportunities that also have healthy upside potential. We begin with a special focus on...

Summary 12 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 6 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Tortoise offer tender results. NCZ resumes distributions, NCV holders should switch. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members ...

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust ( NYSE: BME ) had declared $0.213/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 15; ex-div Nov. 14. See BME Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further ...

Summary The volatility had continued since earlier this year when we last looked at my top ten CEFs. With closed-end fund discounts widening, there seem to be more opportunities in the space overall. Regardless of how the remainder of the year shakes out, my income has continu...

Summary Jane's retirement accounts generated a total of $2,981.83 of dividend income for September 2022 vs. $2,422.03 of dividend income for September 2021. Jane's Traditional IRA had a balance of $375.6K as of September 30, 2022, vs. $406.8K on September 30, 2021. The estimated a...

Summary BMEZ yields 11.73% and pays monthly. It's selling at a 16.35% discount to NAV. We compare BMEZ to its sister fund, BME, for holdings, performance, and discounts. The Healthcare sector is down -18.74% in 2022, and is the 4th-leading sector in this pullback yea...

BlackRock Advisors, LLC released today share repurchase activity for certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) during the quarter ended September 30, 2022. The Funds have authorized open market share repurchase programs (the “Repurchase Programs”) purs...

Summary Health Sciences Trust is a closed end fund focused on healthcare equities. BME is a CEF that pays a 6% dividend yield which is now inadequate given 1-year Treasuries are yielding 4%. The fund holdings have seen their P/E ratios increase as the S&P 500 Index has don...

Summary Jane's retirement accounts generated a total of $1,721.18 of dividend income for August 2022 vs. $1,274.88 of dividend income for August 2021. Jane's Traditional IRA had a balance of $417K as of August 31, 2022, vs. $424.6K on August 31, 2021. The estimated annualized divi...

Summary I have added to five positions in my portfolio, but I haven't included any new names. There was a mix of funds that were at attractive discounts, but also some that were pushing premiums. The main goal of building up my income month after month is still being achieved,...