BUI News and Press, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust From 12/16/19

This article was first published on November 16, 2019. BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure, & Power Opportunities Trust ( BUI ) had a meteoric rise as the share price began to defy gravity and propelled higher earlier this year. However, since the end of September, shares started to co...

Introduction It has been a challenging year for the global economy in 2019, and 2020 is not shaping up to be much, if any, easier. We project global GDP growth will be 3.0% this year, which would be the slowest pace of growth since the global recession of 2008 and 2009. For 2020, we do no...

For many years now, utilities have been a popular holding among retirees. This is due to the fact that these are generally considered to be very stable companies as they are often monopolies providing a necessary service to people living in an area. As a general rule, the customers of the util...

U.S. uranium producers Energy Fuels ( UUUU +12.4% ) and Ur-Energy ( URG +11.9% ) are surging following a Bloomberg report that a White House task force is recommending Pres. Trump direct the U.S. government buy more uranium from domestic producers . More news on: Energy Fuels Inc., Ur...

Introduction The world economy is projected to grow by a decade-low 2.9% this year and next, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in its Economic Outlook, trimming its 2020 forecast from an estimate of 3.0% in September. - OECD sees global growth at decad...

Author's Note : This article was initially released to members on November 12, 2019. The Weekly Closed-End Fund 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 concl...

This article was originally published on October 29, 2019. Most closed-end fund investors know that distribution cuts come with the nature of the closed-end fund's structure. The fact is that when a fund is paying out 90% of their NII and 98% of their realized capital gains on an annual ba...

More than just a beaten-down corner of the market, the utilities sector (NYSEARCA: XLU ) offers "the best risk-adjusted return opportunities of any sector over the long term," says T. Rowe Price head of investment strategy David Giroux. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Ame...

For income investors, closed-end funds, or CEFs, are an attractive investment class that offers high income generally in the range of 6%-10%, broad diversification in terms of a variety of asset classes, and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully and acquired at...

Note: This article was released to members on October 19, 2019. Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. Previous editions of ...