BMEZ News and Press, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II of Beneficial Interest From 08/24/23

BlackRock today announced the release of quarterly fund commentaries for BlackRock Innovation and Growth Term Trust (NYSE: BIGZ), BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE: BSTZ), BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE: BMEZ), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: BCAT), Blac...

2023-08-16 06:35:13 ET Summary This month I added to three of my already existing positions to grow my income. I'm continuing to avoid adding too much in terms of leveraged funds to deleverage my overall portfolio, and letting some cash build-up has a similar effect. The marke...

2023-07-25 10:38:13 ET Summary 22 out of 22 CEF sectors positive on price and 22 out of 22 sectors positive on NAV last week. BlackRock continues repurchasing shares. Amount purchased fell from last quarter as discounts narrowed slightly. The Weekly Closed-End Fund...

2023-07-18 01:56:28 ET Summary We share updated data on more than 10 of the biggest and most-popular big-yield CEFs, many of them paying distributions monthly. After reviewing seven important questions to ask before investing in any CEF, we consider current market conditions and m...

2023-07-14 13:25:20 ET Summary BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust is an actively managed fund specializing in healthcare and medicine, with a dividend yield of 10% largely due to its practice of selling covered calls. Despite the healthcare sector's underperformance this year, B...

2023-06-23 05:00:32 ET AI bubble? Bear market rally? I don’t care because I see five dividends between 10.1% and 13.5%. Now that’s rarified air for yields! A benefit of a manic market such as this, where we have fear alongside insanity at the same time. The five do...

2023-05-27 08:55:54 ET Summary We share updated data on more than 10 of the biggest and most-popular big-yield CEFs. We have a special focus on Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund (UTF), currently yielding over 8%, and trading at a significant discount to its net asset value. ...

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”) will host a conference call on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 2:00pm ET featuring Erin Xie, Head of the Health Sciences team and Portfolio Manager, and Titania Hanrahan, Head of Sector & Megatrend Product Strategy. Erin and Titania will discuss m...

2023-05-10 10:51:57 ET Summary 16 out of 22 CEF sectors positive on price and 14 out of 22 sectors positive on NAV last week. BlackRock Inc. share repurchase update. Voluntary share repurchases show alignment between managers and shareholders. Author's note: This a...

2023-04-20 12:12:30 ET Summary BMEZ launched right before Covid, riding up the boost when speculative growth took off. In 2022, the story was much different, and the fund struggled significantly. This fund is much riskier than its older sister fund, BME, but it also can provid...