DSU News and Press, Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund Inc. From 07/06/22

The revised long-term outlook projects an annualized return of 4.9%. The current risk premium forecast for GMI suggests that multi-asset-class strategies overall will generate lower returns relative to results posted in recent years. Combining forecasts via several models may prov...

BlackRock Advisors, LLC released today share repurchase activity for certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) during the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The Funds have authorized open market share repurchase programs (the “Repurchase Programs”) pursuant ...

Loan funds have seen consistent outflows, setting up a contrarian play. DSU in particular piques my interest because it has a steep discount to NAV. This discount is wider than what similar funds from BlackRock are offering at their market prices. Floating rate loans should perfor...

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) had declared $0.0605/share monthly dividend, in line with previous. Payable May 31; for shareholders of record May 16; ex-div May 13. See DSU Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: BlackRock Debt Strateg...

The expected risk premium continued sliding in April for the Global Markets Index (GMI). Tuesday’s revision reflects a drop to a 5.4% annualized increase for the long term – a relatively large cut of 40 basis points from last month’s estimate. The forecast ref...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of April and highlight recent market action. The recent rally fizzled as the CEF space fell sharply with most sectors dropping more than 1%. We highlight funds that are likely to be more resilient in the face o...

Even though Stock and Bond markets aren't the "casinos" investors thought they were 100 years ago in the "Roaring '20s," investors are still always "betting" on some scenario. We may be betting on a company excelling and growing; or on its merely continuing to perform at its current l...

Recent market volatility has opened up discount valuation divergences between very similar CEFs. This offers income investors an opportunity to pick up additional yield, adopt a more defensive stance and generate alpha in their portfolios. We highlight a number of switches in the ...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

DSU is a fixed income CEF offering from BlackRock that focuses on leveraged loans and high-yield bonds. The fund has a long-term annual return of around 6%, with the 5- and 10-year total returns sitting at 5.4% and 5.8% respectively. The fund has a granular issuer allocation with ...