BUI News and Press, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust From 03/12/21

For US Treasury investors, the starting place for inflation today is tough-there's not enough inflation-adjusted yield to cushion the pain. Treasury inflation-protected securities and similar inflation-linked bonds globally will outperform comparable-maturity Treasury bonds if inflati...

The market is leaving Utilities behind, but I believe that opens up some relative value. For those concerned about a broad pullback, BUI could fit the bill, as its covered call strategy helps to limit the downside in a down market. I like BUI as a diversifier, as the S&P 500 i...

Natural gas will remain part of the power mix for years to come to help keep electric grids reliable and power affordable as they transition to cleaner forms of energy, the CEOs of Duke Energy (DUK) and Xcel Energy (XEL) told the CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference today.Duke's Lynn Good assert...

Despite the S&P 500 being up an impressive 18% in 2020, the utilities sector did not take part in the rally finishing the year flat. Reaves' John Bartlett has spent nearly 30 years closely tracking Utilities names through every type of investing environment. With a blue wave s...

Twenty-two out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: February 7, 2021

Natural gas (NG1:COM) leads an across-the-board surge in energy prices, with March nat gas futures +6.3% to $3.096/MMBtu, while March gasoline +4.1% to $1.7623/gal and March heating oil +2.3% to $1.8127/gal.The surge in prices comes as the Southwest Power Pool group of utilities covering 14 s...

Risk assets continued their historic run last week with EM equities and commodities leading the way. Bonds sold off as the 10-year Treasury note yield broke above 1.20% for the first time since the lows last spring. The 10-year TIPS yield closed the week at 1.02%, near the all-tim...

BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust (BUI) declares $0.121/share monthly dividend, in line with previous.Forward yield 5.74%Payable Feb. 26; for shareholders of record Feb. 16; ex-div Feb. 12.See BUI Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: ...

Central banks, the Federal Reserve in particular, have really pivoted its policy approach to let inflation, if it were to start to pick up, to let it run a little bit hotter than maybe they have in prior cycles. Each energy cycle, I think, has played a part in influencing how investor...

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...