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BlackRock Sustainable American Income 26 April 2018
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03 Dec 2024
BlackRock American Income
Steve Farkas
Join us in November to hear from a range of managers that aim to provide investors with sustainable dividend income over time, alongside capital growth...
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04 Oct 2024
Investing in US markets: Why AI isn't the only source of growth
Investors have narrowly focused on a single growth theme in US markets: AI. In reality, the US has many pockets of structural growth, which can bring opportunities for those investing in North American equities. Demographic shifts and innovation are supporting the healthcare sector, for example, while supply chain changes are supporting a range of industrial companies. Decarbonisation is an important source of growth. There are also clear opportunities in AI beyond the narrow range of infrastructure companies that have led the pack to date...
27 Sep 2024
Diversifying your portfolio to get the best from US equities
The US continues to be a popular choice for investors...
31 Jul 2024
Strength in diversity
The UK may offer higher yields, but at what cost?
03 Jul 2024
A really great stockmarket, the best, some tell me the best they’ve ever seen
US equities should be the bedrock of any diversified portfolio…
14 Jun 2024
BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust plc: A Look Ahead for 2024
As investors look ahead to 2024, they still need to decide whether to take the risk in equity markets, or keep their savings in cash. Cash rates remain high for the time being, and there are a range of factors that could create market volatility in the year ahead. Nevertheless, while the future is uncertain, there are a number of reasons to hold faith in the markets for long term income and capital growth...
04 Apr 2024
Fund Analysis
BRSA's portfolio trades at a significant P/E discount to the US market and is defensively positioned...
08 Feb 2024
Results analysis: BlackRock Sustainable American Income
BRSA's reference index, the Russell 1000 Value Index, is at an historical low in valuation terms...
03 Nov 2023
The inflation reduction act: one year on
The US’s vast climate change legislation programme is a year old. The team managing the BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust says the Act is driving innovation in new transition technologies...
31 Oct 2023
BlackRock Sustainable American Income
Steve Farkas
Rewatch this webinar which was part of our October and November online event 'The Best of BlackRock'...
Watch Recording
06 Sep 2023
You should be dancing…
North America should be a core part of any portfolio…
07 Jun 2023
Under pressure
We identify the equity trusts which have delivered the best downside protection in recent years...
19 May 2023
The year ahead in US stock markets
Markets may have seen a short-lived rally in the latter part of 2022, but with tough economic conditions ahead, it is important to focus on those companies that can sustain their earnings, says Lisa Yang, manager of the BlackRock Sustainable American Income trust plc...
20 Apr 2023
Fund Analysis
BRSA: with a repeat of the last ten years of stock market behaviour seemingly unlikely, could value and sustainability come to the fore..?
31 Jan 2023
Results analysis: BlackRock Sustainable American Income
BRSA’s value-based investment style shows defensive qualities in difficult market conditions…
22 Sep 2022
Fund Analysis
BRSA’s ESG-conscious approach to US value investing has generated positive near-term returns despite the market rout…
07 Sep 2022
American muscle
Beating US indices is a monumental task. We examine the closed- and open-ended North American sectors to see how they have fared…
27 Jul 2022
Has the comeback begun?
Our analysts debate whether the market has fully priced in the current inflation and looming recession…
13 Jul 2022
Ready player one
We wonder where, if anywhere, should investors look for returns after a tumultuous first half of the year…
13 May 2022
Time to reappraise the ‘value’ approach?
After a tough decade, the environment for the value approach is improving, says Lisa Yang, Co-Manager of the BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust plc. Is it time for investors to take note?
27 Apr 2022
Finding value in a haystack
Non-income value strategies are becoming increasingly scarce, but the holdouts represent attractive near-term opportunities…
25 Mar 2022
Slides and Audio: BlackRock Sustainable American Income
Download the presentation and listen to the audio from our 'Ideas for your ISA' virtual Spring event on 15 March...
23 Mar 2022
Fifteen ideas for your ISA
Slides and audio from our event last week, featuring fund managers running money in every major market in the world...
23 Feb 2022
Regime change
Ahead of our spring conference, we ask whether investors need to junk their portfolios and start again…
17 Feb 2022
Results analysis: BlackRock Sustainable American Income
Reporting results for the year ending 31 October 2021, BRSA has succeeded in combining sustainable investing with an outperforming value-stock bias…
15 Dec 2021
Fund Analysis
BRSA’s new sustainable approach to US value investing represents a highly distinct strategy…
08 Dec 2021
We are the (ESG) champions
Investment trusts tend to be amongst the best-performing ESG strategies in the combined open- and closed-ended universe…
24 Nov 2021
Holding back the tears
While the final text of COP26 fell short of what many had hoped for, the writing is on the wall for fossil fuels and, from an investment perspective, the age of sustainability has only just begun…
17 Nov 2021
How Do You Like Them Apples
Judging whether the US market is expensive is not as easy as many make it out to be…
03 Nov 2021
Don't fear the reaper
With market direction hard to call, we consider the case for taking a long-term view in the investment trust sector…
20 Oct 2021
Board games
Investment trust boards talk a good game about championing shareholders interests - but do they really deliver?
28 Jul 2021
How are the mighty fallen
Dividend culture as we knew it is dead, according to Kepler's David Johnson, but investment trusts offer a solution...
20 Jul 2021
Fund Analysis
Proposed shifts in BRNA’s strategy towards sustainable investing may improve its return profile and be the catalyst for a narrowing discount….
22 Apr 2021
FAANGs for the memories
The massive outperformance of mega-cap tech last year could become a thing of the past if anti-trust legislation and negative sentiment starts to bite...
12 Feb 2021
Results analysis: BlackRock North American Income
With a strong start to the year, BRNA has a number of catalysts to drive performance in 2021 and an attractive yield of 4.7%...
07 Jan 2021
Fund Analysis
BRNA offers a disciplined US value opportunity with superior income attributes…
19 Nov 2020
Hope springs eternal
The US election has given long-suffering value investors new hope of a 'great rotation' in their favour, but that light at the end of the tunnel could in fact be a train…
30 Sep 2020
Slides and Audio: BlackRock North American Income
View the presentation and listen to the audio from our 'Alternatives for Income Investors' event on 29 September...
09 Jul 2020
Fund Analysis
BRNA offers a 5% yield from a portfolio of high quality US companies…
18 Jun 2020
Gimme shelter
As income investors brace for impact we ask which regions and trusts are less likely to cut their dividends in 2020…
27 Apr 2020
What does defensive investing mean today?
As investors reflect on the damage inflicted by the coronavirus outbreak on their portfolios in recent weeks, they may be looking for a way to build in greater resilience... However, traditional defensive investment strategies may not be the answer...
13 Feb 2020
Choose your own adventure
Predicting the future is impossible, but identifying which trends have coincided in the past can give us clues about what may be to come...
31 Dec 2019
Fund Analysis
Since a management change in 2014, BRNA has been one of the great turnaround stories...
12 Dec 2019
Regime change: how manager changes impact performance
Does a change in manager result in improved trust performance?
25 Sep 2019
Where next for the US stock market?
12 Jun 2019
Fund Analysis
In the current volatile environment, this trust appears a stand out candidate for more cautious investors...
13 Nov 2018
Appetite for disruption
How new technology is driving dividends...
31 Oct 2018
The Trump effect
Two years after the shock election of Donald Trump, we take a look at what the Trump administration has really meant for US markets and the trusts that invest in them...
31 Oct 2018
Fund Analysis
A diversified portfolio comprised mainly of US equities, BRNA produced almost double the return in NAV terms of the Russell 1000 Value index in 2017, and has comfortably outperformed the benchmark so far in 2018...
26 Apr 2018
Fund Analysis
A large cap portfolio, focused on high quality companies, positioned for an inflationary environment with significant exposure to banks
26 Apr 2018
The $23.9 trillion dollar question*
Are US equities, which have hit record highs on 71 occasions in the last 12 months, overpriced or are they actually trading at a price worth paying?
12 Jan 2018
Fund Analysis
A large cap portfolio, focused on high quality companies, positioned for an inflationary environment with significant exposure to banks...
23 May 2017
Fund Analysis