BDJ vs CMRE Comparison

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust is a closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. The trust seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation and by utilizing an option to enhance distributions to its shareholders.

Costamare Inc is an international owner and operator of containerships and dry bulk vessels. The company charter its containerships to the liner companies, providing transportation of containerized cargoes. It charter its dry bulk vessels to a wide variety of customers, providing transportation for dry bulk cargoes. The company's fleet of vessels includes Cosco Guangzhou, Cosco Ningbo, Cosco Yantian, Vantage, Valor, Valiant, Maersk Kobe, and others. The company provides services to ocean carriers that demand a high standard of safety and reliability. It generates a majority of its revenue from the United States of America.