BMEZ News and Press, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II of Beneficial Interest From 08/03/20

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on July 29, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in ...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on July 22, 2020. Please check the latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Continuing with our coverage of BlackRock funds, as we had done with Eaton Vance's funds, we will be focusing on BlackRock's sector-focused funds. In today's piece, we will be looking at the healthcare and tech names offered by Bl...

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II (NYSE: BMEZ ) declares $0.10/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 5.74% Payable July 31; for shareholders of record July 15; ex-div July 14. See BMEZ Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More news on...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Dividend cuts for closed-end funds were something that we certainly anticipated throughout this latest sell-off. Not only is that playing a role in CEFs, but will in ETFs and individual stocks just the same. This might be more pre...

(This is our Weekly Commentary from May 3. All data is from that date. We send out our Weekly Commentaries every Sunday evening). Macro Picture Equities ended the week mixed although the last two days were fairly weak, ending on a dour note. There's clearly a tug of war going on as inves...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist BlackRock launched its fund the BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II ( BMEZ ) on January 29th, 2020. Roughly a month before the broader market had hit all-time highs and the COVID-19 crisis-induced selloff began. In hindsight, this ...

Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR) and BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX) announced decreases in their monthly distribution rates. Genera...

Today, BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ), BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR), BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust (NYSE: BGY), BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE: BME), BlackRock ...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist Well, we finally made it. The end to the longest bull market in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit bear territory a day before the S&P 500. I would generally gauge the 'broader' market as being defined by the S&P 500. This is opposed to ...