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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
3.64% -3.83% 491.74M 99930.43
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
8.53% 106.0% -36.18M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation. The Fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in three distinct asset classes: • intermediate duration, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage related securities and asset-backed securities and U.S. government and agency securities; • senior, secured floating rate loans made to corporate and other business entities; and • U.S. dollar-denominated securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers rated below investment grade and, to a limited extent, non-U.S. dollar denominated securities of non-U.S. issuers rated below investment grade.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name High Yield Bond
Category Index ICE BofA US High Yield TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Corporate Bond - General
Fund Owner Firm Name BlackRock
Prospectus Benchmark Index
BATS S TR USD 33.34%
BBgBarc Cap US Corp HY 2% Cap USD 33.33%
Morningstar LSTA US LL Index TR USD 33.33%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Akiva Dickstein 7.93 yrs
David Delbos 7.93 yrs
Mitchell Garfin 7.93 yrs
Scott MacLellan, CFA, CMT 7.93 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 16, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
11.53%
-10.21%
31.09%
5.29%
13.51%
-15.88%
17.22%
-1.85%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-3.42%
0.76%
-8.29%
20.82%
-2.44%
17.79%
-10.58%
25.40%
5.34%
8.99%
-7.84%
31.19%
11.49%
16.65%
-22.57%
19.85%
2.41%
8.64%
-11.45%
38.74%
4.50%
15.79%
-22.95%
3.74%
6.64%
9.30%
-12.61%
30.20%
2.45%
15.58%
-23.07%
14.66%
1.11%
As of April 16, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of December 31, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash -49.76% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.05% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 146.1% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.93% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 2.67% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.03% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation. The Fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in three distinct asset classes: • intermediate duration, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage related securities and asset-backed securities and U.S. government and agency securities; • senior, secured floating rate loans made to corporate and other business entities; and • U.S. dollar-denominated securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers rated below investment grade and, to a limited extent, non-U.S. dollar denominated securities of non-U.S. issuers rated below investment grade.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name High Yield Bond
Category Index ICE BofA US High Yield TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Corporate Bond - General
Fund Owner Firm Name BlackRock
Prospectus Benchmark Index
BATS S TR USD 33.34%
BBgBarc Cap US Corp HY 2% Cap USD 33.33%
Morningstar LSTA US LL Index TR USD 33.33%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Akiva Dickstein 7.93 yrs
David Delbos 7.93 yrs
Mitchell Garfin 7.93 yrs
Scott MacLellan, CFA, CMT 7.93 yrs

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