BST News and Press, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust of Beneficial Interest From 10/19/21

A reliable selection criterion for building a portfolio of funds that are likely to produce above-average returns over the long haul is the goal of every CEF investor. For me, the flexible combination of a positive NAV since inception, discount on NAV, and leverage represents a practi...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

September didn't disappoint with its historical trend of being a down month. This snapped the S&P 500's long streak of positive monthly returns, with January of 2021 being the last negative return month. I took advantage of this sell-off by buying a bit more aggressively than ...

I know you’ve heard the common Wall Street “wisdom” that, when it comes to investing for the long haul, you’re best to simply put your money in an index fund and call it a day. Everyone parrots this “advice.” Even Warren Buffett himself! ...

Market volatility has been ramping up throughout the month of September as historically it has been the weakest month. We are at historically narrow discounts/premiums for closed-end funds and that could mean things get even more volatile. Typically, staying the course and continu...

BST is an attractive value in an elevated closed-end fund market and a frothy market overall. BST offers investors a 4.95% distribution yield from a tech portfolio, this was boosted earlier this year. The fund has been amongst the strongest performing CEFs and is set to continue t...

BME's portfolio is dominated by large-cap healthcare names that are rather boring. Due to this portfolio orientation, BME can be rather defensive during downturns and bounces back fairly quickly. BME is one of the few funds that has never cut its distribution since its inception, ...

BST has a yield of 5.13%. This is attractive for the tech sector, particularly if the distribution can be supported. I continue my series digging into CEFs beyond the yield with a look at BST. A well-supported distribution producing a yield of over 5% and most of the capital gains...

August was quite the busy month for my closed-end fund portfolio, though 4 of the additions came about as swaps for better valued funds. DLY was a recent fund I covered, and is one that I swapped out from PKO, but I also added additional capital. I sold out two funds in August but...

BST yields 4.94% and pays monthly. Management raised the monthly dividend twice in the past 12 months for BST and BSTZ. BST and BSTZ are both selling at discounts to NAV. We compare BST and BSTZ holdings, dividends, performance, and other attributes. For further details ...