BST News and Press, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust of Beneficial Interest From 05/30/22

Today I want to show you how to build a “three-click” income portfolio that gives us three things every income investor craves, especially these days: Big discounts on our investments. Big dividends, with a 10.6% yield averaged out across three funds. Wide di...

Being financially independent is a prerequisite for retirees, but can be a great stress reducer for younger folks who are several years away from retirement. We will go over our strategy as to how a diversified income portfolio with an in-built hedging mechanism with low volatility co...

After 63 weeks and $6,300 allocated, the Dividend Harvesting portfolio is generating $441.67 in annual dividend income. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has a 98.341% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception, 62/63 weeks. In week 63, I started a position in B...

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...

BlackRock Science & Technology Trust (NYSE:BST) had declared $0.25/share monthly dividend, in line with previous. Payable May 31; for shareholders of record May 16; ex-div May 13. See BST Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: BlackRock Scie...

My financial assets are divided into three distinct income portfolios, which I named with the Florentine sobriquets of Cupolone, Giotto and Masaccio. The first two, Cupolone and Giotto, contain securities paying monthly distributions and are focused on CEFs, ETFs, and ETNs. Masacc...

With index investing, there's no escape from a roller coaster ride. For most people, especially retirees, it's very difficult to tolerate large and deep drawdowns. Retirees and conservative investors need income, growth to meet inflation, and most importantly, conservation of capital ...

After 59 weeks and $5,900 allocated, the Dividend Harvesting portfolio is generating $412.47 in annual dividend income. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has a 98.31% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception, 58/59 weeks. In week 59, I started a position in AM...

Being financially independent is a must for retirees but can be desirable even for folks who are much younger and are several years away from retirement. We will go over our thesis as to how a diversified income portfolio with an in-built hedging mechanism with low volatility could ma...

BST yields 7.18% and pays monthly. Management also raised its regular monthly dividends twice in 2021. It's selling at a much deeper discount to NAV than its one-, three- and five-year averages. This article compares BST to BSTZ, which yields 8% and also pays monthly. For fu...