MVF News and Press, Blackrock MuniVest 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

We look at some broad CEF trends that have developed over the past year, such as performance relative to ETFs, as well as discount weakness. In our Income Portfolios, we continue to approach CEF allocation with a margin-of-safety perspective, while also diversifying into senior securi...

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...

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...

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...

Some investors are growing increasingly concerned about a period of upcoming volatility due to contested election results. We discuss the components of a plan that relies on allocations to a number of resilient securities that can allow investors to take advantage of any upcoming vola...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. We will discuss whether ECC and OXLC really have >100% coverage in a separate post. For further details see: Closed-End Fund 'Quality' Report: September 2020

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...

The CEF market is not always particularly efficient, which offers discerning investors opportunities to make attractive strategic or tactical acquisitions. One such opportunity described here is to acquire what we call shadow high-yielders - funds that have high earnings levels but ma...