MEN News and Press, Blackrock MuniEnhanced Fund Inc From 11/11/20

Rising interest rates pressured bond prices in October. Record-high monthly issuance was well absorbed amid strong demand. We expect a favorable supply-demand backdrop through year end. For further details see: Munis Overcome A Glut Of Issuance

The White House is still not decided. This was "prime time" for the blue wave conversations entering the bond market. Municipal bonds aren't hurt as much as they are not helped. A second stimulus bill that would include additional aid for state and local governments will be ha...

Stimulus talks continue as the two parties try to hash out a deal before the elections.  That deal before November is becoming more elusive. The September payrolls report showed that 661K jobs were added in the month, which was below expectations of 850K.  Unemployment rate ...

Twenty out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 18 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs rally! RIV offering is now live, with a subscription floor of -5% discount. XFLT increases its distribution by +22%, restoring it to pre COVID-19 levels. For further detai...

In years with presidential elections, we take a deeper dive into how the national election could impact state and local governments. Political risk is also an important component of our analysis, as the political party makeup of the executive and legislative branches can have a large ...

While most polls have Vice-President Biden ahead by 6-7% points, we know the race has the potential to be much closer. A higher marginal rate should also flatten the muni yield curve over time as the demand for longer-dated paper increases because of the benefits it provides on a taxa...

BlackRock Munienhanced Fund (MEN) declares $0.047/share monthly dividend, 9.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.043.Forward yield 5.0%Payable Nov. 2; for shareholders of record Oct. 15; ex-div Oct. 14.See MEN Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see:...

BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that the Boards of Directors/Trustees of sixty two BlackRock municipal, taxable fixed-income, and equity closed-end funds (the “Funds”) have authorized the renewal of open market share repurchase programs (the “Repurchase Prog...

In U.S. high yield bonds we find the riskiest of credits. I have some concerns about municipal bonds and am particularly concerned about municipal pension bonds. Our 'Borrower's Paradise' is also good news for many leveraged ETFs and closed-end funds. For further details see...

" Municipal bond investors have to share the burden in state bailouts " writes my colleague Josh Rauh, and he is exactly right. Background: State and local governments borrowed a lot of money and blew it. They borrowed further by not funding their pensions. Now Covid comes along, people are ...