HPI vs BLE Comparison

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The fund's principal investment strategies include investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, and short-term investments.

Blackrock Municipal Income Trust II is a perpetual closed-end municipal bond fund. Its objective is to provide current income exempt from regular Federal income taxes and Maryland personal income taxes. The company's diverse platform of active (alpha) and index (beta) investment strategies across asset classes enables it to tailor investment outcomes and asset allocation solutions for clients. Blackrock's product offerings include single and multi-asset class portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives and money market instruments.