BYM News and Press, Blackrock Municipal Income Quality Trust of Beneficial Interest From 11/01/18

The current U.S. economic expansion is now the second-longest in the postwar era, and while it may have more room to run, we believe a recession is likely over the three- to five-year horizon. As U.S. taxpayers think about positioning their portfolios, we see three key reasons why the tax-ex...

Replay information is now available for BlackRock’s fixed income outlook & tax loss strategies closed-end fund conference call that was held on Wednesday, October 17 th . To coincide with the call, BlackRock has published a market insights piece that highlights BlackRock...

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BlackRock will host a fixed income outlook & tax loss strategies closed-end fund conference call on Wednesday, October 17 th at 4:15pm ET. Topics will include: Outlook on the credit cycle Impact of rising rates on CEF distributions Year-end tax loss strategies Id...

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There's more than one way to invest in municipal bonds. Closed-end municipal funds seek to provide higher levels of income, and short-term volatility can present attractive entry points for long-term investors. Municipal bonds offer multiple benefits to income-seeking investors-high qualit...

BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (NYSE: BPK ) - $0.0050. BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (NYSE: BYM ) - $0.0520. BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust (NYSE: BAF ) - $0.0585. BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust (NYSE: BTA ) - $0.0545. BlackRock Mun...

By John R. Mousseau, CFA In a year when we have seen commentators talking about the relative flatness of yield curves, we have a conundrum when we look at the US Treasury yield curve and the US muni yield curve (shown here as the Bloomberg AA general obligation yield curve). Curve 1 belo...

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Moody's Investors Service's recently released annual municipal bond market snapshot, US Municipal Bond Defaults and Recoveries, 1970-2017, with updates through 2017, reaffirms two hallmark benefits that muni bonds continue to offer. First, muni bonds continued to be highly rated in 2017, wit...