BST News and Press, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust of Beneficial Interest From 12/18/19

Foreword Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis, these dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your December 16 data from Barron's for 48 of 49 dividend-paying stocks supplemented by ...

BlackRock Science & Technology Trust (NYSE: BST ) declares long-term capital gain distribution of  $1.6852/share . More news on: BlackRock Science and Technology Trust, Dividend News, , News on ETFs, Read more ...

Over the next week or so, we'll hear declarations for December distributions from many equity CEFs. Some fund sponsors have already declared for December and some have even declared for 2020 depending on their declaration schedule and declaration period covered. And though its not a given th...

This article was originally published on October 29, 2019. Most closed-end fund investors know that distribution cuts come with the nature of the closed-end fund's structure. The fact is that when a fund is paying out 90% of their NII and 98% of their realized capital gains on an annual ba...

For income investors, closed-end funds, or CEFs, are an attractive investment class that offers high income generally in the range of 6%-10%, broad diversification in terms of a variety of asset classes, and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully and acquired at...

Author's Note : This article was originally released to members on October 2, 2019. 3 More Quick Rotation Opportunities Rotating between overvalued closed-end funds into less overvalued ones is a cornerstone strategy at CEF/ETF Income Laboratory which we call "compounding income on st...

In my last article in this series (Let’s Learn About CEFs), I introduced the idea of Quality Snapshots. These are visual, color-coded grades of several quality metrics that I am experimenting with for closed-end funds. The idea is to get a quick take on the long-term sustainability an...

BlackRock CEFs renew share repurchase programs In this week's Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup, we noted that BlackRock announced the renewal of share purchases in its closed-end fund line-up. According to the press release : Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Renewal of S...

This article was originally published 1 month ago. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "ce...

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK ) municipal, taxable fixed-income, and equity closed-end funds have authorized the renewal of share repurchase programs. More news on: BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Financial stocks...