CII News and Press, Blackrock Capital and Income Fund Inc. From 01/02/19

Let's first review my 2018 Top Picks , which was a mixed bag to say the least. I divided selections into 1) Best overall pick for a general market (S&P 500 focused) environment, 2) Best overall aggressive growth pick, 3) Best value pick and 4) Best rebound pick. My top overall pick ...

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...

2018 seems to be ending on a bad note in the markets. December is setting the wrong kind of records, and Q4 has been a bumpy one in general. This is what happens in the stock market sometimes, but it's been easy to forget over the decade-long bull market. We're using the end of the year as a...

On September 13th, I wrote this article, Equity CEFs: Peak Insanity? , when I felt valuations of many of the equity CEFs I follow (roughly 100) had gotten too high. Here is the spreadsheet I included in the article showing the number of equity CEFs trading at market price premiums to NAV....

BlackRock Resources and Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX ) - $0.0516. BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ ) - $0.0467. BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR ) - $0.0776. BlackRock International Growth and Income Trust (NYSE: BGY ) - $0.0338. BlackRock H...

Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Municipal Funds: Taxable Municipal Fund: Taxable Funds: Equity Funds: * In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company...

Today, BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ), BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR), BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust (NYSE: BGY), BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE: BME), BlackRock...

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...

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 ...

Please note : This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members 2 weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize re...