BUI News and Press, BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust From 02/05/19

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Energy analysts expect record amounts of natural gas to be used for heating today as an Arctic-like freeze blankets the eastern half of the U.S. More news on: DTE Energy Company, Xcel Energy Inc, The United States Natural Gas ETF, LP, Energy stocks news, News on ETFs, Read more ...

By John Kohli, Vice President, Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Franklin Utilities Fund, Franklin Equity Group The utilities sector was a rare ray of light for the US market in the fourth quarter of 2018, during which time the S&P 500 Index ended with a steep loss. We recently cau...

The BlackRock registered closed-end funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") announced today that Henry Gabbay will become an independent director/trustee of each Fund on January 1, 2019. Mr. Gabbay will stand for election at the 2019 annual shareholder meeting for each Fund liste...

The Trump administration is expected to propose maintaining Obama-era restrictions on mercury pollution from power plants , after hearing from electric utilities that already have spent billions of dollars to meet the requirements, Bloomberg reports. More news on: Utilities Select Sector ...

Most interesting/disturbing about today's selloff (S&P 500  down 1.7% ) is that the defensive sectors are getting hit the hardest. In addition to the  3%+ decline  in the REITs ( see here ), the utility names (NYSEARCA: XLU ) are  off a whopping 4.3% . More news on:...

Somewhat disturbing about this week's selloff in stocks and resulting decline in long-term rates was that it left no sector untouched - not even the highly defensive utilities, which would seemingly benefit from the sharp drop in long-dated yields. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPD...

Not even defensive plays are working today, with utilities ( XLU -3.2% ) and REITs ( IYR -2.9% ) down even more than the broader averages. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, Energy stocks news, Financial sto...

The Trump administration confirms plans to roll back Obama-era rules that effectively required new coal-fired plants to capture and store a portion of their carbon dioxide emissions. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Vanguard Utilities ETF, Energ...

The Trump administration is expected to announce a plan to roll back an Obama-era climate change regulation on coal-fired power plants, making it easier to build new coal plants in the U.S. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Vanguard Utilities ETF...