CII News and Press, Blackrock Capital and Income Fund Inc. From 01/17/21

CII had a strong 2020, thanks to its overweight to the tech sector. The fund can still offer attractive returns even at this level with its wide discount. CII currently pays a strong distribution yield of ~6%. For further details see: CII: Discounted And Attractive ~6% Y...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promises high distributions and a reasonable total return. The market downturn last year exposed the risk of high volatility and deep drawdowns with investing in clo...

CEFs may be more susceptible to tax loss selling given they trade on a stock exchange and market prices can deviate from underlying net asset values. Tax loss selling into year-end may continue to pressure CEF discounts in the short term. These wide discounts may offer long-term i...

The boards of directors (the “Board”) of the BlackRock closed-end funds listed in the below table (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) announced that each Fund has elected to be subject to the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act (the...

CII holds an overweight in tech, which is an area of the market that is one to watch as volatility increases. While the fund is overweight tech, it utilizes an option strategy and also includes exposure to other sectors making it more diversified. Currently, the fund is showing an...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist The majority of closed-end funds have one of two strategies; they utilize leverage or use an options strategy. There are even some CEFs that use both strategies together. I wanted to explore the pros and cons of the options strate...

The Income Factory® has gained a lot more acceptance from the mainstream investment community since I first developed and shared the strategy and ideas behind it here on Seeking Alpha over the past decade. But judging by comments and questions, many readers and followers still find it to ...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Section 19(a) Notices can sometimes confuse or be a bit misleading to investors. This can be especially confusing for newer closed-end fund investors that are just getting started. There are so many terms, to begin within investin...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist There has been considerable volatility this year, especially compared to last year's almost straight-up trajectory. With this, there have come some buying opportunities if one isn't too afraid to take the plunge. Those that did ju...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist BlackRock has many funds worth investing in, they offer plenty of investment options. These can include traditional mutual funds, ETFs and closed-end funds. Today we will be looking at 4 of their funds that have an option strategy...