BMEZ News and Press, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II of Beneficial Interest From 10/29/23

2023-10-29 10:15:34 ET Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the third week of October and highlight recent market action. All CEF sector NAVs were down on the week, while only three sectors managed to tighten. Investor should not take CEF performance ...

2023-10-17 07:34:32 ET Summary Closed-end funds are currently trading at historically deep discounts, with the average discount at -9.64% at the end of Q3 2023. Municipal bond funds are experiencing particularly wide discounts, with an average discount of -12.89%. Non-leverage...

2023-10-15 22:06:10 ET Summary September was the worst month for equities in 2023, but that's simply creating buying opportunities for the long-term investor. I added to four different positions in my CEF portfolio this month, though they are all familiar names that I've already o...

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...

2023-10-08 18:00:00 ET Summary BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust announced a distribution cut, and this unique CEF now trades at an unusually large discount to NAV. With inception just before the pandemic, BMEZ had no price gains to support the distribution when the market fell...

2023-10-04 09:55:34 ET Summary BSTZ, BMEZ, and BIGZ have announced a change in distribution policy. The funds will now pay monthly distributions at an annual rate of 6% based on the 12-month rolling average daily net asset value. The new distribution policy will likely not hav...

2023-09-28 22:57:22 ET Summary BMEZ now trades at a deeper discount, approaching almost 20%. The fund changed its distribution policy, which will result in much smaller distributions. Still, there are reasons to be hopeful about this fund. BlackRock Health Sciences T...

Each of BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE: BSTZ), BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE: BMEZ) and BlackRock Innovation and Growth Term Trust (NYSE: BIGZ) (each a “Fund,” and collectively the “Funds”) has announced changes to its distribution rate ...

2023-09-05 05:17:22 ET Summary Invesco CEF Income Composite ETF is a fund of funds with 114 holdings and a 12-month distribution yield of 9.97%. PCEF's performance has lagged behind its competitor CEFS and has experienced a downtrend in both price and distribution. PCEF may no...

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...