BME News and Press, Blackrock Health Sciences Trust From 10/10/23

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”) released today share repurchase activity for certain BlackRock-advised closed-end funds (the “Funds”) during the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The Funds have authorized open market share repurchase programs (the “Repurch...

2023-09-20 01:24:56 ET Summary BlackRock Health Sciences is trading at an attractive discount, creating a potential opportunity for income investors. BME employs a covered call writing strategy and has a history of steady monthly distributions. The fund's portfolio is focused ...

2023-09-17 06:55:11 ET Summary Healthcare sector faces negative trends in 2023: higher interest rates, Medicare drug price negotiation, and capital flows favoring technology. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is a solid long-term performer with a modest distribution. We give you...

2023-08-15 01:04:41 ET Summary The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust seeks to provide capital gains and income from a portfolio of healthcare and wellness-focused stocks. The fund pays an attractive 6.1% distribution yield that is well funded by its long-term 5-7% total r...

2023-07-15 09:00:00 ET Summary Jane's retirement accounts generated a total of $3,091.09 of dividend income for June 2023 vs. $3,550.89 of dividend income for June 2022. Three companies paid an increased dividend or issued a special dividend during the month of June. Account b...

2023-07-03 12:02:40 ET Summary BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is a CEF focusing on healthcare, offering a 6.5% yield and a strong performance record, even beating S&P 500 in total returns since its inception. The fund trades stocks and writes covered calls, and is currently t...

2023-06-26 09:00:00 ET Summary For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatil...

2023-06-17 09:00:00 ET Summary Jane's retirement accounts generated a total of $1,952.59 of dividend income for May 2023 vs. $1,514.11 of dividend income for May 2022. Only one company paid an increased dividend or issued a special dividend during the month of May. May was a b...

2023-05-18 05:00:17 ET You just can’t argue with the power of index investing, right? After all, index funds boast ultra-low fees and simply track the market. And since stocks return about 7% per year on average, you should do well in the long run. Vanguard, founded back in 1975 ...

2023-05-13 09:00:00 ET Summary Jane's retirement accounts generated a total of $2,575.73 of dividend income for April 2023 vs. $2,205.33 of dividend income for April 2022. Jane's Traditional IRA had a balance of $422.7K as of April 30, 2023, vs. $431.8K on April 30, 2022. The esti...