BUI News and Press, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust From 02/02/21

Several of the utility/infrastructure funds in the CEF space are quite popular. They are a good fit for a CEF portfolio; providing steady income and steady appreciation due to their stability. Looking at a review of past performance, valuation, distribution and what looks potentia...

Some readers had showed interest in hearing what my personal top ten positions are. Using Portfolio Visualizer's tools looking through my top ten can provide some interesting data. These names should all be familiar, as a lot are held in the CEF/ETF Income Laboratory model portfol...

Ahead of the 2020 presidential election I recommended a few investment ideas. Each have proven profitable, and could warrant a re-assessment going in to the new year. With crucial Senate races in early January, I see merit to taking some profit here. These ideas rested on a Biden vict...

COVID-19 has led to power demand disruption and turned normally defensive utilities into laggards in recessionary 2020. That said, we believe that - with large scale vaccinations being administered - there is a clear light at the end of the tunnel. Utilities have weathered COVID-1...

The BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust has done admirably well over the last five years. The fund's use of options has actually helped it rather than hurting it. It does trade at a small premium but so do some well-known utility funds. For further details see: ...

A new year brings some old problems, but also a change in Washington. I expect higher taxes, higher government spending, but also gridlock from Congress. This makes selective buying the name of the game. A rise in corporate taxes has plenty of popular support. This could be a head...

Biden promised to roll back the Trump tax cuts. Utilities can benefit from higher taxes. With higher individual tax rates, the qualified dividends from utilities become more attractive. Utilities also are a defensive sector that will benefit from more infrastructure spending. ...

The Trump administration has moved to make it harder to justify stricter air pollution limits in future federal environmental rules, which it hopes will protect the private sector from aggressive regulation by the Biden administration.The final rule makes changes to the Environmental Protecti...

Utility companies (XLU) across the U.S. have allowed COVID-affected residential and small business customers to defer paying their power bills without the threat of losing service, but any economic recovery will be weighed by potentially huge debts to utilities - debts that have yet to be add...

CEFs may be more susceptible to tax loss selling given they trade on a stock exchange and market prices can deviate from underlying net asset values. Tax loss selling into year-end may continue to pressure CEF discounts in the short term. These wide discounts may offer long-term i...