BST News and Press, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust of Beneficial Interest From 03/29/20

These are the closed-end funds that I purchased when we hit the initial 10% correction territory. We have gone down further since. However, I believe these are still attractive names to be holding. Co-produced by Stanford Chemist It certainly has been a wild week for the market. We h...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist The BlackRock Science and Technology Trust ( BST ) is acting exactly as anticipated for these past few days of intense selling pressure. This tech-focused fund is not for those without a long-term view . However, with this intense selling pressure over th...

My life has become a four-hour sleep routine in which I get up at 2 a.m. every morning wondering what calamity awaits the markets today. That's a far cry from five weeks ago when I could sleep like a bug-in-a-rug for seven hours and wake up refreshed and ready to face the world. For CEFs i...

The market is in full panic mode due to the unprecedented economic upheaval and uncertainties caused by the spread of Coronavirus. The market has swung more than 4% in either direction for eight consecutive sessions now, which is a record in itself. In response, the Fed and the government have...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist In a previous piece, we covered why an N-2 filing is important and what this could mean when the 497 was filed. We discussed that the N-2 was when closed-end funds filed a registration for new shares. This ultimately meant that a fund was either conducti...

By Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist, Eurozone and Global Head of Macro. Following some big market and central bank moves, we have updated our forecasts for growth and policy rates. Find our what our economists are looking for in the major economies over the next few months as the globe de...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund ( AIO ) is a newer tech-focused fund that launched October 31st, 2019. This may be too new for investors that like a bit more of a track record in a fund. With that being said, we are of...

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 variety of asset classes), and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully and acquired ...

A vast majority of our articles are based on conservative or income-oriented strategies mostly focused on retirees, near-retirees, or folks who are within 10-20 years of their retirement. But at the same time, we like investing a limited or small portion of our portfolio in "high-growth stra...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist SEC form N-2 is an important form to watch out for when a closed-end fund files with the SEC. This form must be submitted by any CEF when they register to offer shares. This is either through a primary offering or a secondary offering. We had covered this...