BSTZ News and Press, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II of Beneficial Interest From 11/07/21

BSTZ is a closed-end fund managed by BlackRock that utilizes a technology and science focused strategy to produce total return. The fund has a forward yield of 5.4% and has outperformed the equity markets since inception. BSTZ currently trades at an attractive valuation opening an...

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (NYSE:BSTZ) declares $0.192/share monthly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 5.37% Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 15; ex-div Nov. 12. See BSTZ Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details ...

This time last year, my most opportunistic subscribers took advantage of a rocky September and October— and secured annualized returns up to 117% with safe dividend plays . We have a similar setup this year, with the September swoon “refreshing” stocks-at-large ...

BST is a closed end fund that utilizes an equity focused portfolio, supplemented with derivatives, to drive current income and total return. The fund has a current yield of 5.58% and has outperformed the S&P 500 since inception. BST currently trades at an attractive valuation ...

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 ...

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...

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...

BSTZ put up some substantial performance in 2020, they are following this up with a more mediocre 2021 relative to the broader indexes. Though the fund on a NAV basis is still up over 16%. They have significant gains they realized through the first 6 months of the year, if losses ...

BIGZ was launched earlier this year and has since done a lot of nothing in terms of movement. The fund launched at a $20 NAV and last closed at $19.96, a large move with the prior close helped add $0.55 (August 27th). I view BIGZ as a long-term type holding that can provide income...

Last year, we were looking at distribution changes due to the COVID pandemic sell-off. CEFs distribute out most of their earnings as distributions, so they pay relatively higher yields. However, relatively higher yields mean that any downturn is likely to cause distribution cuts. ...