MQY News and Press, Blackrock MuniYield Quality Fund Inc. From 12/09/18

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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 Quality Fund (NYSE: MQY ) - $0.004133 (LTCG $0.018105). BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE: BQH ) - $0.002053. BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust II (NYSE: BFY ) - $0.001037. BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust (NYSE: BSD ) - $0.001023. BlackRock...

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...

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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...

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