BST News and Press, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust of Beneficial Interest From 05/18/21

After 11 weeks and $1,100, the Dividend Harvesting Portfolio is generating $68.74 in estimated annual income and $5.73 in monthly estimated income. I added the Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF and the BlackRock Science and Technology Trust in week 11. The Dividend Harvesting ...

The proverbial shot-across-the-bow came last week as the markets finally reacted to inflation fears as reflected in the sizzling CPI (Consumer Price Index) and PPI (Producer Price Index) numbers. The closure of the Colonial Pipeline due to a cyber attack didn't help either as gasoline...

Rising inflation has been a major headwind for growth stocks. Bitcoin's recent slump is another likely reason for the weakness. The expected summer spending boom should revive the equity market. Even rising commodity prices won't keep the bull down this summer. For furth...

Revisiting my top ten closed-end fund positions and how they have changed from earlier this year. There have been a few changes to my top positions, including HTD and UTG now being my largest positions. 2021 has been a great year so far; for my portfolio and the broader markets. ...

The pace of recovery has begun to diverge across economies, with vaccination progress and the scale of government stimulus among the biggest swing factors. Macro disparities have also begun filtering into EPS growth expectations. Cyclically sensitive sectors have dominated the upg...

BST has a current yield of 4.55%, quite generous for the tech sector it invests in. I continue a series where I examine CEFs beyond the yield with a look at BST which invests in the science and technology sector. BST has a well-supported distribution and plenty of NAV growth, maki...

QYLD has a strong following among yield-seeking investors attracted to its 12% distribution. That distribution comes at a severe cost to long-term sustainability of the fund's value and its income generating capacity. Consider instead one of these two Closed-End Funds with a simil...

STK is an unleveraged, technology, closed-end fund. The fund generates income from option-writing premiums and long-term capital gains. Comparisons with other technology-sector CEFs and top option-income CEFs show STK as presenting a balance between distribution rate and capital a...

There are three primary things that I see a lot of newer CEF investors get hung up on; return of capital, section 19a and data aggregators distribution classifications. All three of these have to do with the tax character of the distributions and the mistakes that can be made. The...

We anticipate that artificial intelligence will play a crucial part in the further digitization of companies in all industries. 4 out of the top 10 holdings consist of major semiconductor companies. Approximately 50% of total assets are invested in equities, while the rest are inv...