BUI News and Press, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust From 03/28/22

Several of the utility/infrastructure funds in the CEF space are pretty popular. The utility and infrastructure space can be a good fit for a CEF portfolio, providing steady income through regular cash flow due to being necessary for everyday life. We will be looking at a review o...

BUI is in correction territory. While plenty of risks still abound, I see these levels as a chance for some opportunistic buying. Utilities are set to benefit broadly from more dovish central banks. The fund now has a slight discount to NAV, which is much different than the premiu...

There are several reasons why closed-end funds can pay higher distribution yields to investors. Closed-end funds can invest in more complex investments and include leverage or other strategies to help generate higher yields. These more stable payouts from these funds can be a mass...

Return of capital is often misunderstood as always being a bad thing when showing up in the tax character of distribution. However, there is a significant benefit to return of capital for those held in a taxable account as a way to defer tax obligations. These can be deferred pote...

It has been a rocky start to a new year, but with ~11 months to go, just about anything could happen. It is impossible to know if the bottom is in, but the last two trading days of the month provided some optimism. If an investor was sitting on some cash, January seemed like a fin...

The Environmental Protection Agency said it will resume enforcement of a rule that limits emissions of mercury, lead and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired and oil-fired power plants. The EPA action would restore a 2012 rule imposed during the Obama administration that was withdrawn in 20...

We examined BUI for the first time last December. We look at the performance since then and compare it to XLU and UTG. We tell you why we are declaring BUI a winner even though the numbers themselves are less than convincing. For further details see: BUI Wins Over UTG In...

15 out of 24 CEF sectors positive on price and 6 out of 24 sectors positive on NAV last week. PCF and RIV rights offering results. Guggenheim mergers are completed. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: PCF, RIV Rights Offering Results, Guggenheim Merg...

A reliable selection criterion for building a portfolio of funds that are likely to produce above-average returns over the long haul is the goal of every CEF investor. For me, the flexible combination of a positive NAV since inception, discount on NAV, and leverage represents a practi...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...