BTT News and Press, BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust From 07/22/18

The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information has been ...

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%...

As is customary on the first of the month, fund sponsors announced their distributions for the next pay period. We go through these very quickly given the inefficiencies of the CEF market- it often takes days before the market really recognizes the cut and prices it into the fund. Most of th...

The first article in this series, which framed our investment objective and introduced the idea of a Term CEF Ladder, can be found here . Next in line were Mortgage Bond , Senior Loan , and High-Yield CEFs. A discussion in the comments section of our HY CEF article prompted me to pen a s...

The first article in this series, which framed our investment objective and introduced the idea of a Term CEF Ladder, can be found here . We then covered Mortgage Bond , Senior Loan , and High-Yield CEFs. A discussion in the comments section of our HY CEF article prompted me to pen a s...

Increasing healthcare costs and retirement rates will exert pressure on U.S. state and local government budgets, Fitch Ratings says . More news on: iShares National AMT-Free Muni Bond ETF, Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, News...

The first article in this series, which framed our investment objective and introduced the idea of a Term CEF Ladder, can be found here . We then covered Mortgage Bond , Senior Loan , and High-Yield CEFs. A discussion in the comments section of our HY CEF article prompted me to pen a sec...

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...

The first article in this series, which framed our investment objective and introduced the idea of a Term CEF Ladder, can be found here . We then covered Mortgage Bond , Senior Loan , and High-Yield CEFs. I had originally planned to cover preferred stock and IG corporate funds today, but a ...

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...