BTA News and Press, BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust of Beneficial Interest From 10/11/18

Closed-end funds do not seem like the best place to be for active traders, at least on paper. However, these products have been our bread and butter for a while now, and as long as we are capable of detecting opportunities and successfully acting on them, we intend to keep on rolling. Active...

BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (NYSE: BPK ) - $0.0050. BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (NYSE: BYM ) - $0.0520. BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust (NYSE: BAF ) - $0.0585. BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust (NYSE: BTA ) - $0.0545. BlackRock Mun...

By Greg Rawls, Investment Research Analyst on Jul 18, 2018, in Fixed Income Puerto Rico's recent history of municipal bond defaults has highlighted the potential benefits of a niche part of the municipal (muni) bond market - insured municipal bonds. Insured munis accounted for 6%...

Replay information is now available for BlackRock’s municipal closed-end fund conference call that was held on Wednesday, May 9 th . Additional information on the call can be found below. Featuring: Peter Hayes, CIO and Head of the Municipal Bonds Group Ted Jaeckel, Portfoli...

BlackRock will host a municipal closed-end fund conference call for financial advisors and investors on Wednesday, May 9 th at 4:15pm ET. Topics will include: Where to be positioned on the yield curve in this environment Impact of rising leverage costs on closed-end fund di...

The strength of January disappeared in February despite little negative macroeconomic news, leading many analysts to conclude that profit-taking (and to a certain extend deleveraging) was driving the sudden fall in the S&P 500 ( SPY ). And while the shot-up in the VIX drove a fascinating, ...

BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (NYSE: BYM ) - of $0.0600. BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust (NYSE: BAF ) - of $0.0685. BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust (NYSE: BTA ) - of $0.0545. BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund (NYSE: MUI ) - of $0.049...

By James L. Iselin The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.” - Will Rogers Municipal bond returns were positive across the yield curve in 2017, with particularly strong results on the long end of the market. As you may recall, one year ago the bond mark...

The year has started extremely strong for stocks, so that even after the correction at the end of January, the S&P 500 ended up 5.7% YTD by the start of February. Index funds for junk bonds ( JNK ) and municipal bonds ( MUB ) did not fare as well, being flat and down 1.2% respectively: W...

By Patricia Healy, CFA The fourth quarter was dominated by tax reform and its effects on the supply and pricing of municipal bonds. The prospect that one of President Trump's major initiatives would finally be passed by year-end buoyed the stock market . For a recap of the tax law changes...