BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund
About: Blackrock Enhanced Government Fund Inc is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income and gains. The fund seeks to pursue the objectives by investing in a portfolio of U.S. Government and U.S. Agency securities and utilizing an option overwriting in an effort to enhance the fund's distribution rate and total return performance.
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
5% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $23.9M [Q2] → $25M (+$1.09M) [Q3]
0% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 3 | Existing positions reduced: 3
1.53% less ownership
Funds ownership: 68.43% [Q2] → 66.9% (-1.53%) [Q3]
31% less funds holding
Funds holding: 13 [Q2] → 9 (-4) [Q3]
100% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 0 | Existing positions closed: 4
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for EGF.
Financial journalist opinion
Negative
Seeking Alpha
4 days ago
CEF Weekly Review: The Difficulties Of High-Quality CEFs
We review the CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of December and highlight recent market action. CEFs mostly declined this week due to a 0.25% rise in 10-year Treasury yields, with only the loan sector showing a slight NAV gain. The BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund (EGF) will merge into BlackRock Income Trust (BKT); high-quality funds like these are not ideal in CEFs.
Neutral
Business Wire
4 weeks ago
BlackRock Announces Board Approval of Closed-End Fund Reorganization
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $BKT--BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that the Boards of Directors of BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE: EGF) and BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BKT) (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) have approved the reorganization of EGF with and into BKT, with BKT continuing as the surviving Fund (collectively, the “Reorganization”). Following the closing of the Reorganization, BKT, as the surviving Fund, intends to offer to repurchase a portion of its.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. Completes Annual Repurchase Offer
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $EGF--BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: EGF, CUSIP: 09255K108) today announced the completion of its annual offer to repurchase a portion of its outstanding shares of common stock from its stockholders (the “Repurchase Offer”). Under the terms of the Repurchase Offer, the Fund offered to repurchase up to 5% of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the “Shares”) for cash at a price equal to the Fund's net asset value per Share calculat.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. Announces Expiration of Annual Repurchase Offer
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $EGF--BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: EGF, CUSIP: 09255K108) announced the expiration of the Fund's annual repurchase offer for its shares of common stock (the “Repurchase Offer”). The Repurchase Offer and withdrawal rights expired at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 15, 2024. The Fund offered to repurchase up to 5% of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the “Shares”) for cash at a price equal to the net asset value of the Sha.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. Announces Upcoming Repurchase Offer
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $EGF--Today, BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: EGF, CUSIP: 09255K108) announced that the annual offer to repurchase outstanding shares of common stock (the "Shares") from its stockholders (the "Repurchase Offer") will commence on October 11, 2024. Under the terms of the Repurchase Offer, the Fund is offering to purchase up to 5% of its Shares from stockholders at an amount per Share equal to the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") per Share, less a rep.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
3 months ago
Rates Spark: ECB Presser Bear-Flattened The Curve
The ECB cut rates by 25bp as widely anticipated, but a slightly hawkish tilt bear flattened the EUR curve, which in our view remains priced aggressively. In the US, as the markets head towards the Fed's first rate cut, the probability of a larger cut rose slightly on Thursday.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
6 months ago
Current Alpha Opportunities In The CEF Space
With market valuations back to expensive levels, we are looking at a number of alpha strategies in the CEF space. These include interval and term funds, relative value as well as leaning against investor flows. We highlight a number of attractive funds such as RSF, PFO, BGH and others.
Neutral
Business Wire
6 months ago
Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $BBN--Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Certain BlackRock Funds previously declared their June distributions on May 20, 2024 BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: ECAT), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: BCAT), BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE: BMEZ), BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE: BSTZ), and BlackRock Innovation and Growth Term Trust (NYSE: BIGZ) previous.
Neutral
Business Wire
9 months ago
Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Municipal Funds: Declaration- 3/1/2024 Ex-Date- 3/14/2024 Record- 3/15/2024 Payable- 4/1/2024 National Funds Ticker Distribution Change From Prior Distribution BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust* BYM $0.052500 - BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust* BTA $0.043500 - BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc.* MUA $0.055500 - BlackRock Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
10 months ago
Estimating The Impact Of Lower Rates On Bond Fund Dividends
It generally takes a few years for changes in Federal Reserve rates to fully impact bond fund dividends. Bond funds are still benefitting from prior rate hikes. Perhaps by enough to cancel out any future rate cuts. By my estimations, and under current Fed guidance, most bond funds would only start to see declining dividends in 2025, at the earliest.
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