BUI News and Press, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust From 03/25/20

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to waive compliance requirements and deadlines for a range of industries, including oil refiners, water utilities and sewage plants, as it seeks to help businesses affected by the coronavirus. More news on: Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, Ut...

The unusually weak performance in the utilities sector ( XLU -6.9% ) - sinking 17% over the past week - is drawing attention, considering the group generally is regarded as a defensive-oriented, counter-cyclical sector. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Dominion Energy, Inc...

The U.S. electric industry may ask essential employees to live on site at power plants and control centers to keep operations running if the coronavirus outbreak worsens, Reuters reports, citing industry trade groups and electric cooperatives. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR E...

Co-produced by Stanford Chemist In a previous piece, we covered why an N-2 filing is important and what this could mean when the 497 was filed. We discussed that the N-2 was when closed-end funds filed a registration for new shares. This ultimately meant that a fund was either conducti...

The utilities sector ( XLU +10.5% ) is today's clear market leader, as stable higher-yielding companies begin to attract investors in a volatile market trying to rebound from heavy selling. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Edison International, Xcel Energy Inc., Energy sto...

Utility companies across the U.S. are suspending service shutoffs for failure to pay bills during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. More news on: Duke Energy Corporation, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, PG&E Corporation, Energy stocks news, News on ETFs, Read more ....

Utilities stocks, normally the safest and most boring of all equity investments, were hardly a refuge from the market's stormy week - in fact, the group was today's weakest performer, suggesting investors were trying to raise cash, which also was the likely reason behind a sharp drop in p...

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 variety of asset classes), and market matching total returns in the long term if selected carefully and acquired ...

Carbon emissions from energy flattened last year following two years of increases, even as the world economy expanded by 2.9%, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency . More news on: The United States Oil ETF, LP, The United States Natural Gas ETF, LP, Energy Sele...

The S&P utilities sector (NYSEARCA: XLU ) has climbed 6.1% so far in January, on pace for its best month since June 2016 and outperforming every other sector , including technology, which has gained 5.9% this month. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, American Water Works ...