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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
0.86% -12.33% 1.653B 524346.5
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
3.32% 43.00% -48.64M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Trust’s 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 writing strategy to enhance distributions to its shareholders. Under normal market conditions, the Trust invests at least 80% of its total assets in dividend-paying equities and may invest up to 20% of its total assets in equity securities of issuers that do not pay dividends.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Derivative Income
Category Index CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite BXM PR USD
Global Category Name Equity Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Equity-Income
Fund Owner Firm Name BlackRock
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Russell 1000 Value TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Kyle McClements 14.13 yrs
Christopher Accettella 11.55 yrs
Tony DeSpirito 9.67 yrs
David Zhao 6.59 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
20.77%
-10.41%
38.74%
-7.66%
30.04%
0.76%
-6.72%
4.60%
21.83%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
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26.29%
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39.18%
-11.70%
28.77%
16.02%
25.33%
-27.38%
21.47%
1.71%
22.41%
-1.09%
21.24%
13.17%
18.41%
-19.69%
9.96%
6.08%
9.94%
-11.98%
19.95%
15.61%
30.00%
6.33%
6.90%
-4.85%
As of April 16, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of December 31, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 0.32% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 98.59% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 1.09% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Trust’s 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 writing strategy to enhance distributions to its shareholders. Under normal market conditions, the Trust invests at least 80% of its total assets in dividend-paying equities and may invest up to 20% of its total assets in equity securities of issuers that do not pay dividends.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Derivative Income
Category Index CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite BXM PR USD
Global Category Name Equity Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Equity-Income
Fund Owner Firm Name BlackRock
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Russell 1000 Value TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Kyle McClements 14.13 yrs
Christopher Accettella 11.55 yrs
Tony DeSpirito 9.67 yrs
David Zhao 6.59 yrs

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