BYM News and Press, Blackrock Municipal Income Quality Trust of Beneficial Interest From 04/09/18

Author's note : This article was published for members of the Cambridge Income Laboratory on March 26. The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight re...

The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information has been sou...

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The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information has been so...

The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information has been so...

The Hill newspaper reports that: Congress is scrambling to avoid its third government shutdown of the year as lawmakers slog through negotiations ahead of next week's deadline. Republicans had hoped to buy themselves some extra time by having the House vote on a mammoth funding bill this we...

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Municipal bond market innovation continues to lag most other major financial markets - the sector is arguably light years behind the equity market in transparency, timely reporting, electronic trading and analytics. The sector's history of low default rates against corporate bonds is likely on...

The strength of January disappeared in February despite little negative macroeconomic news, leading many analysts to conclude that profit-taking (and to a certain extend deleveraging) was driving the sudden fall in the S&P 500 ( SPY ). And while the shot-up in the VIX drove a fascinating, ...

By Daryl Clements US inflationary pressures are developing that could be destructive. Investors need to seek protection quickly. But how? For municipal investors, some inflation strategies fall short, leaving portfolios at risk. To be sure, not everyone is convinced that inflation is a s...