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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
4.06% -12.06% 284.86M 186928.8
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
6.75% 104.9% -25.52M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Trust seeks a high level of current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. It invests mainly in high yield corporate bonds, floating rate bank loans and mortgage- and other asset-backed securities. It will invest at least 20% of its total assets in each category. The Trust will maintain an average portfolio duration of between two and five years (including the effect of anticipated leverage). Normally it expects to maintain a weighted average portfolio credit quality of investment grade. However, it may invest up to 20% of its total assets in below investment grade securities.
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 - High Yield
Fund Owner Firm Name Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Bloomberg US MBS TR USD 33.33%
Credit Suisse HY USD 33.33%
CS Leveraged Loan TR 33.33%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Glenn Voyles 10.84 yrs
Justin Ma 10.84 yrs
Sonal Desai 5.25 yrs
Patrick Klein 1.67 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 26, 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
9.41%
-14.88%
18.43%
9.47%
6.76%
-23.48%
12.23%
3.69%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-3.19%
17.02%
-16.09%
26.18%
0.19%
16.50%
-21.76%
24.12%
5.25%
7.81%
-6.50%
27.22%
6.46%
21.62%
-23.02%
11.94%
1.91%
13.40%
-8.94%
26.80%
7.51%
16.96%
-19.20%
36.97%
-5.00%
6.01%
-10.11%
24.18%
8.06%
14.69%
-27.06%
19.19%
9.28%
As of April 26, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of June 30, 2022.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash -9.41% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.28% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 143.7% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.55% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.51% Upgrade Upgrade
Other -35.63% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Trust seeks a high level of current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. It invests mainly in high yield corporate bonds, floating rate bank loans and mortgage- and other asset-backed securities. It will invest at least 20% of its total assets in each category. The Trust will maintain an average portfolio duration of between two and five years (including the effect of anticipated leverage). Normally it expects to maintain a weighted average portfolio credit quality of investment grade. However, it may invest up to 20% of its total assets in below investment grade securities.
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 - High Yield
Fund Owner Firm Name Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Bloomberg US MBS TR USD 33.33%
Credit Suisse HY USD 33.33%
CS Leveraged Loan TR 33.33%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Glenn Voyles 10.84 yrs
Justin Ma 10.84 yrs
Sonal Desai 5.25 yrs
Patrick Klein 1.67 yrs

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