NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_LCQX_5868842088.htm BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

April 30, 2021

  

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (MYJ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Municipal Bonds

 

Guam — 0.6%

 

Utilities — 0.6%  

Guam Government Waterworks Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/50

  $ 1,930     $ 2,343,522  
   

 

 

 

New Jersey — 110.7%

 

Corporate — 3.5%

 

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

Series A, (NPFGC), 5.25%, 07/01/25(a)

    415       495,228  

Series A, AMT, 5.63%, 11/15/30

    1,730       1,952,322  

Series B, AMT, 5.63%, 11/15/30

    5,000       5,642,550  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

3.38%, 04/01/38

    1,810       1,900,229  

3.50%, 04/01/42

    1,355       1,408,292  

Series A, AMT, 2.20%, 10/01/39(b)

    2,130       2,255,457  
   

 

 

 
      13,654,078  
County/City/Special District/School District — 17.0%  

Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Inc., Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 11/01/39

    2,280       2,441,333  

5.25%, 11/01/44

    12,000       12,769,680  

City of Bayonne New Jersey, Refunding GO

   

(BAM SAW), 5.00%, 07/01/33

    1,565       1,859,627  

(BAM SAW), 5.00%, 07/01/35

    2,425       2,859,075  

County of Middlesex New Jersey, Refunding COP, 5.00%, 10/15/31

    2,840       3,345,406  

Essex County Improvement Authority, RB, (GTD), 4.00%, 11/01/49

    465       512,314  

Essex County Improvement Authority, Refunding RB

   

(GTD, NPFGC), 5.50%, 10/01/28

    4,540       6,082,828  

(NPFGC), 5.50%, 10/01/29

    8,505       11,663,502  

Ewing Township Board of Education, GO

   

(SCH BD RES FD), 4.00%, 07/15/38

    1,190       1,371,594  

(SCH BD RES FD), 4.00%, 07/15/39

    1,090       1,252,584  

Hudson County Improvement Authority, RB, 4.00%, 10/01/51

    700       817,243  

Mercer County Improvement Authority, RB, 5.00%, 09/01/40

    2,480       2,916,778  

Monmouth County Improvement Authority, RB

   

Series B, (GTD), 4.00%, 12/01/37

    500       595,520  

Series B, (GTD), 4.00%, 12/01/38

    510       604,967  

Monroe Township Board of Educationddlesex County, Refunding GO, (SCH BD RES FD), 5.00%, 03/01/25(c)

    2,750       3,236,475  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

Series QQQ, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    1,045       1,183,410  

Series B, AMT, 6.50%, 04/01/31

    4,310       4,632,905  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding SAB, 6.50%, 04/01/28

    4,750       5,223,385  

Union County Improvement Authority, RB, (GTD), 5.00%, 05/01/22(c)

    2,320       2,431,430  

Union County Utilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, (GTD), 5.25%, 12/01/31

    670       688,532  
   

 

 

 
      66,488,588  
Education — 17.5%  

Atlantic County Improvement Authority, RB, Series A, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/46

    950       1,019,302  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Education (continued)  

Gloucester County Improvement Authority, RB

   

(BAM), 4.00%, 07/01/46

  $ 375     $ 436,410  

(BAM), 4.00%, 07/01/51

    520       601,890  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB
6.00%, 10/01/33

    4,675       5,181,910  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/27(d)

    330       361,132  

Series A, 5.13%, 11/01/29(d)

    150       168,153  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/37(d)

    1,030       1,130,909  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    160       184,557  

Series A, 6.25%, 11/01/38(d)

    440       518,606  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    440       461,331  

Series A, 5.38%, 07/01/47(d)

    1,685       1,826,456  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    4,475       5,159,854  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/49(d)

    970       1,039,830  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/50

    410       459,389  

Series A, 6.50%, 11/01/52(d)

    2,490       2,897,912  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/54(d)

    730       777,289  

Series A, 5.25%, 11/01/54(d)

    1,805       1,837,328  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

(AGM), 5.00%, 06/01/37

    2,280       2,706,109  

Series A, 4.25%, 09/01/27(d)

    210       228,491  

Series A, 5.63%, 08/01/34(d)

    630       666,666  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/37(d)

    805       909,175  

Series A, 5.88%, 08/01/44(d)

    1,070       1,127,352  

Series A, 6.00%, 08/01/49(d)

    555       583,960  

Series A, 5.13%, 09/01/52(d)

    1,700       1,884,280  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/45

    1,075       1,304,491  

Series C, (AGM), 3.25%, 07/01/49

    475       504,725  

Series C, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/50

    400       452,004  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    915       1,082,811  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    10,960       12,323,314  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/47

    955       1,036,251  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    690       724,162  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    500       531,095  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, RB

   

Series 1A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/22.

    915       985,062  

Sub-Series C, AMT, 4.00%, 12/01/48

    1,450       1,538,189  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Refunding RB

   

1st Series, AMT, 5.75%, 12/01/29

    2,410       2,468,322  

Sub-Series C, AMT, 3.63%, 12/01/49

    1,925       1,968,717  

New Jersey Institute of Technology, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/22(c)

    2,455       2,592,652  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/40

    3,000       3,456,870  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/45

    4,500       5,187,690  
   

 

 

 
      68,324,646  
Health — 8.5%  

Camden County Improvement Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 02/15/34

    590       650,841  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 01/01/34

    555       644,266  

5.00%, 01/01/39

    555       638,306  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2021

  

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (MYJ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Health (continued)  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/42

  $ 1,685     $ 2,026,600  

4.00%, 07/01/44

    2,755       3,198,583  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/43

    2,400       2,648,064  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

6.00%, 07/01/21(c)

    4,090       4,127,996  

5.00%, 07/01/34

    860       1,041,245  

5.00%, 07/01/39

    2,530       3,017,303  

4.00%, 07/01/41

    1,400       1,574,678  

Series A, 5.63%, 07/01/21(c)

    6,990       7,050,882  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/21(c)

    900       908,361  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/43

    1,635       1,824,693  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    3,305       3,956,812  
   

 

 

 
      33,308,630  
Housing — 2.6%  

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency Refunding RB

   

Series A, (FHLMC), 2.45%, 11/01/45

    385       372,530  

Series A, (FHLMC), 2.55%, 11/01/50

    350       338,954  

Series A, (FHLMC), 2.63%, 11/01/56

    350       341,107  

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/48.

    305       329,644  

Series A, 4.10%, 11/01/53

    180       194,089  

Series D, AMT, 4.25%, 11/01/37

    1,260       1,362,614  

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, 3.75%, 10/01/35

    2,505       2,731,076  

Series E, 2.25%, 10/01/40

    1,305       1,315,975  

Series E, 2.40%, 10/01/45

    1,005       1,013,914  

Newark Housing Authority Scholarship Foundation A New Jersey Non, RB, M/F Housing, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/30

    2,000       2,214,440  
   

 

 

 
      10,214,343  
Other — 0.0%  

Middlesex County Improvement Authority, RB, Series B, 6.25%, 01/01/37(e)(f)

    2,350       47,000  
   

 

 

 
State — 33.9%  

Garden State Preservation Trust, RB, CAB(g)

   

Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/23

    1,460       1,442,772  

Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/26

    6,000       5,631,360  

Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/27

    4,000       3,671,160  

Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/28

    4,540       4,055,764  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB
4.00%, 06/15/49

    2,380       2,658,365  

Series A, (NPFGC), 5.25%, 07/01/25

    3,450       4,032,463  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/15/35

    3,750       4,590,187  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/15/43

    2,235       2,685,621  

Series EEE, 5.00%, 06/15/43

    4,450       5,354,596  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

(AGM), 5.00%, 06/15/22

    3,690       3,882,397  

5.00%, 06/15/26

    1,250       1,307,200  

5.00%, 06/15/28

    975       1,011,104  

5.00%, 06/15/29

    2,260       2,361,497  

4.00%, 07/01/46

    2,255       2,548,826  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
State (continued)  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB (continued)

   

Sub-Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/33

  $ 1,175     $ 1,375,114  

Sub-Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/34

    1,270       1,403,007  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, RB,

   

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/32

    4,000       4,556,240  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/42

    6,885       7,205,910  

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/38

    9,490       10,592,074  

Series AA, 5.50%, 06/15/39

    8,205       9,016,556  

Series AA, 5.25%, 06/15/41

    5,000       5,822,350  

Series AA, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    5,000       5,641,400  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/15/33

    1,110       1,362,592  

Series B, 5.25%, 06/15/36

    8,500       8,547,005  

Series BB, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    2,690       2,970,406  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, CAB(g)

   

Series C, (AGM), 0.00%, 12/15/32

    5,250       4,266,885  

Series C, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 12/15/35

    4,140       2,963,992  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority,

   

Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 12/15/39

    1,000       1,144,800  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/32

    3,530       4,340,029  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/35

    905       1,106,272  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/36

    500       610,405  

South Jersey Port Corp., ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/48

    7,620       8,706,002  

State of New Jersey, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/32

    4,180       5,258,231  
   

 

 

 
      132,122,582  
Tobacco — 6.9%  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    7,000       8,264,900  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/46

    1,595       1,917,764  

Sub-Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    14,375       16,848,075  
   

 

 

 
      27,030,739  
Transportation — 17.3%  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

AMT, (AGM), 5.00%, 01/01/31

    1,000       1,107,180  

AMT, 5.38%, 01/01/43

    15,780       17,673,758  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority,

   

Refunding ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/37

    2,750       3,205,922  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.50%, 06/15/21(c)

    6,330       6,368,676  

Series A, 6.00%, 06/15/21(c)

    11,440       11,516,419  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/30

    2,000       2,373,240  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/31

    5,540       6,556,867  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/22(c)

    7,015       7,408,441  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/35

    1,060       1,288,229  

Series E, 5.00%, 01/01/45

    720       826,272  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/22(c)

    1,000       1,031,970  

Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/34

    1,150       1,423,539  

Series G, 4.00%, 01/01/43

    1,445       1,639,930  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB

   

Consolidated, 172nd Series, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/34

    2,500       2,604,450  
 

 

 

C H E D U L E  O F  N V E S T M E N T S  

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2021

  

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (MYJ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Transportation (continued)  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB (continued)

   

Consolidated, 206th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 11/15/47

  $ 1,525     $ 1,820,850  

South Jersey Transportation Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/45

    575       715,818  
   

 

 

 
      67,561,561  
Utilities — 3.5%  

Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, Refunding RB

   

Series J, (AGM), 3.00%, 12/01/40

    920       986,304  

Series J, (AGM), 3.00%, 12/01/41

    940       1,005,133  

Series J, (AGM), 3.00%, 12/01/42

    965       1,029,279  

Series J, (AGM), 3.00%, 12/01/43

    985       1,048,060  

Series J, (AGM), 3.00%, 12/01/44

    1,005       1,067,310  

Series J, (AGM), 3.00%, 12/01/45

    1,030       1,091,996  

Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority, RB, CAB(g)

   

Series A, (NPFGC), 0.00%, 09/01/31

    6,000       5,117,700  

Series A, (NPFGC), 0.00%, 09/01/33

    2,650       2,142,604  
   

 

 

 
      13,488,386  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New Jersey

      432,240,553  
New York — 12.1%  
Transportation — 12.1%  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, ARB

   

Consolidated, 93rd Series, 6.13%, 06/01/94

    5,000       5,868,550  

Consolidated, 218th Series, AMT, 4.00%, 11/01/34

    3,285       3,893,579  

Consolidated, 218th Series, AMT, 4.00%, 11/01/47

    4,970       5,658,743  

Consolidated, 221st Series, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/45

    2,165       2,496,050  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB

   

Consolidated, 169th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/41

    16,500       16,830,330  

Consolidated, 206th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 11/15/42

    1,365       1,645,671  

Series 223, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/51

    2,395       2,779,014  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB

   

Consolidated, 200th Series, 5.00%, 09/01/36

    2,495       3,201,509  

Consolidated, 212th Series, 4.00%, 09/01/37

    4,000       4,758,720  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New York

      47,132,166  
Pennsylvania — 1.1%  
Transportation — 1.1%  

Delaware River Port Authority, RB, 5.00%, 01/01/40

    4,000       4,456,520  
   

 

 

 
Puerto Rico — 6.0%  
State — 4.6%  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB

   

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.75%, 07/01/53

    2,225       2,470,128  

Series A-1, Restructured, 5.00%, 07/01/58

    9,254       10,396,036  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.33%, 07/01/40

    1,131       1,236,206  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.78%, 07/01/58

    2,028       2,257,671  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB, CAB, Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46(g)

    4,385       1,382,634  
   

 

 

 
      17,742,675  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Tobacco — 0.4%  

Children’s Trust Fund, Refunding RB
5.50%, 05/15/39

  $ 760     $ 778,567  

5.63%, 05/15/43

    790       798,974  
   

 

 

 
      1,577,541  
Utilities — 1.0%  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, RB

   

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/33

    2,995       3,122,078  

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.13%, 07/01/37

    855       892,090  
   

 

 

 
      4,014,168  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

      23,334,384  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 130.5%
(Cost: $465,575,570)

      509,507,145  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(h)

 

New Jersey — 24.9%

 

County/City/Special District/School District — 7.9%  

Hudson County Improvement Authority, RB, 5.25%, 05/01/51

    2,560       3,051,341  

Union County Utilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/41

    6,982       7,018,622  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 12/01/31

    20,310       20,871,774  
   

 

 

 
      30,941,737  
Education — 7.8%  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB(i)

   

AMT, 3.00%, 08/01/41

    7,879       7,992,163  

AMT, 3.00%, 08/01/43

    11,331       11,494,346  

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Refunding RB, Series L, 5.00%, 05/01/23(c)

    10,000       10,961,100  
   

 

 

 
      30,447,609  
Health — 1.6%  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB, 4.00%, 07/01/47

    5,555       6,153,383  
   

 

 

 
State — 3.9%  

Garden State Preservation Trust, RB, Series A, 5.75%, 11/01/28

    5,460       6,732,617  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series NN, 5.00%, 03/01/29(i)

    8,017       8,683,507  
   

 

 

 
      15,416,124  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2021

  

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (MYJ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Transportation — 3.7%  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/22(c)(i)

  $ 13,520     $ 14,278,337  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New Jersey

      97,237,190  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 24.9%
(Cost: $92,896,816)

      97,237,190  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 155.4%
(Cost: $558,472,386)

      606,744,335  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 2.3%

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 0.01%(j)(k)

    8,828,876       8,830,642  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.3%
(Cost: $8,830,641)

 

    8,830,642  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 157.7%
(Cost: $567,303,027)

 

    615,574,977  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.8%

 

    7,020,507  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (13.5)%

 

    (52,545,878

VRDP Shares at Liquidation Value, Net of Deferred Offering Costs — (46.0)%

 

    (179,710,130
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

 

  $ 390,339,476  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Security is collateralized by municipal bonds or U.S. Treasury obligations.

(b) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(c) 

U.S. Government securities held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par.

(d) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(e) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(f) 

Non-income producing security.

(g) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(h) 

Represent bonds transferred to a TOB Trust in exchange of cash and residual certificates received by the Fund. These bonds serve as collateral in a secured borrowing.

(i) 

All or a portion of the security is subject to a recourse agreement. The aggregate maximum potential amount the Fund could ultimately be required to pay under the agreements, which expire between January 1, 2022 to February 1, 2037, is $25,936,359.

(j) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(k) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended April 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
07/31/20
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
04/30/21
     Shares
Held at
04/30/21
     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

   $ 4,006,566      $ 4,824,237 (a)     $      $ 2,165      $ (2,326    $ 8,830,642        8,828,876      $ 320      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount (000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Short Contracts

                 

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     136          06/21/21        $ 17,969        $ (21,055

U.S. Long Treasury Bond

     43          06/21/21          6,764          (28,271
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (49,326
                 

 

 

 

 

 

C H E D U L E  O F  N V E S T M E N T S  

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2021

  

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (MYJ)

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Municipal Bonds

   $        $ 509,507,145        $        $ 509,507,145  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              97,237,190                   97,237,190  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     8,830,642                            8,830,642  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     8,830,642        $  606,744,335        $             —        $  615,574,977  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

   $ (49,326      $        $        $ (49,326
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial reporting purposes. As of period end, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the fair value hierarchy as follows:

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Liabilities

                 

TOB Trust Certificates

   $        $ (52,523,586      $        $ (52,523,586

VRDP Shares at Liquidation Value

              (180,000,000                 (180,000,000
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $             —        $ (232,523,586      $             —        $ (232,523,586
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

AGM    Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMBAC    AMBAC Assurance Corp.
AMT    Alternative Minimum Tax
ARB    Airport Revenue Bonds
BAM    Build America Mutual Assurance Co.
CAB    Capital Appreciation Bonds
COP    Certificates of Participation

Portfolio Abbreviation (continued)

 

FHLMC    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
GO    General Obligation Bonds
GTD    GTD Guaranteed
M/F    Multi-Family
NPFGC    National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
RB    Revenue Bond
S/F    Single-Family
SAB    Special Assessment Bonds
SAW    State Aid Withholding
 

 

 

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