Weird Circumstance Makes These 8% Dividends An Urgent Buy

It's finally happening: Management fees on our favorite 8%+ paying assets—closed-end funds (CEFs)—are falling. And some are sending their already soaring dividends even higher, too.

Forbes • May 25, 2024

Municipal Closed-End Funds: Near-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain?

Municipal Closed-End Funds: Near-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain?.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 26, 2023

CORRECTING and REPLACING BlackRock Closed-End Fund Share Repurchase Program Update

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release dated April 11, 2023, with the following corrected version due to changes in the table, "Summary of share repurchase activity since Repurchase Program inception as of March 31, 2023".

Business Wire • Apr 14, 2023

MUJ Vs. NXJ: There Is A Clear Winner, NJ Residents

MUJ is the BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund. NXJ is the Nuveen New Jersey Quality Municipal Income Fund.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 18, 2022

BlackRock Announces Closing of Reorganizations of Two Municipal Closed-End Funds

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced the reorganization of BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MYJ) with and into BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MUJ and together with MYJ, the “Funds,” and each, a “Fund”) (the “Reorganization”) is effective as of the opening for business of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 11, 2022. In the Reorganization, common shareholders of MYJ received an amount of MUJ common shares equal t

Business Wire • Apr 11, 2022

BlackRock Announces Special Distributions Related to the Reorganization of Two Municipal Closed-End Funds.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced the declaration of a special distribution for BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MYJ) and an early declaration for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MUJ and together with MYJ, the “Funds,” and each, a “Fund”) in connection with the reorganization of MYJ into MUJ, with MUJ continuing (the “Combined Fund”) as the surviving Fund (the “Reorganization”). With respect to MYJ, the special distrib

Business Wire • Mar 18, 2022

BlackRock Announces Results of Shareholder Vote at Adjourned Joint Special Shareholder Meeting Relating to the Reorganizations of Two Municipal Closed-End Funds

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that, at a joint special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MYJ) and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MUJ and together with MYJ, the “Funds,” and each, a “Fund”), the requisite vote of shareholders of each Fund have approved the reorganization of MYJ with and into MUJ, with MUJ continuing as the surviving Fund, and the transactions contemplated t

Business Wire • Mar 4, 2022

BlackRock Announces Results of Joint Special Shareholder Meeting Relating to the Reorganizations of Two Municipal Closed-End Funds

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that, at a joint special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MYJ) and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MUJ and together with MYJ, the “Funds,” and each, a “Fund”), the Funds did not obtain the requisite votes of common shareholders to approve the reorganization of MYJ with and into MUJ, with MUJ continuing as the surviving Fund, and the transactio

Business Wire • Feb 4, 2022

2 High-Yield Funds That “Crash-Proof” Your Portfolio

Many folks see dividends as just a source of income. But they're so much more!

Forbes • Sep 21, 2021

BlackRock NJ CEF: 14% Discount To NAV And 7.25% Taxable Equivalent Yield

BlackRock NJ CEF: 14% Discount To NAV And 7.25% Taxable Equivalent Yield

Seeking Alpha • Apr 23, 2020