MQT News and Press, Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund II Inc. From 12/10/18

By Kathy A. Jones Peak expectations The worst may be over for the bond bear market. After more than two years of steadily rising bond yields (and falling bond prices, which move inversely to yields), our research suggests that 10-year Treasury bond yields may have peaked for this tighten...

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By Sheila Amoroso, Senior Vice President, Director, Municipal Bond Department, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group Municipal bond yields moved higher in 2018 and seem likely to continue moving up in 2019 if market expectations for further interest-rate increases play out. Sheila Amoros...

BlackRock MuniYield California Fund (NYSE: MYC ) - $0.002863 (LTCG $0.148546). BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund (NYSE: MCA ) - $0.000160 (LTCG $0.041417). BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE: MYD ) - $0.000879. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (NYSE: MYN ) - $0.000430. ...

By Patricia Healy, CFA Today's municipal bond market is anything but "sleepy," as Spencer Jakab characterized it in his Wall Street Journal article, "Prophet of Muni Market Doom Wasn't Wrong, Just Early" (10/26/2018). The Prophet of Doom he referred to was Meredith Whitney, who shortly b...

BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund (NYSE: MHD ) - $0.0700. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (NYSE: MQT ) - $0.0480. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE: MQY ) - $0.0560. BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II (NYSE: MUE ) - $0.0540. BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II (NYSE: MUH ) - $0.061...

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...

The current U.S. economic expansion is now the second-longest in the postwar era, and while it may have more room to run, we believe a recession is likely over the three- to five-year horizon. As U.S. taxpayers think about positioning their portfolios, we see three key reasons why the tax-ex...

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...

BlackRock will host a fixed income outlook & tax loss strategies closed-end fund conference call on Wednesday, October 17 th at 4:15pm ET. Topics will include: Outlook on the credit cycle Impact of rising rates on CEF distributions Year-end tax loss strategies Id...