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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
3.69% -0.58% 555.77M 157625.3
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
5.54% 133.0% -18.25M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Trust’s investment objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Category Index Bloomberg US Universal 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
BBgBarc Glb U.S. Corp HY 2% Issuer Cons 16.00%
BBgBarc Interm Credit Idx USD 24.00%
BBgBarc US Long Government/Credit 40.00%
BBgBarc US MBS USD 8.00%
Bloomberg ABS TR USD 4.00%
Bloomberg CMBS IG Elig for US Agg TR USD 8.00%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Akiva Dickstein 2.25 yrs
Scott MacLellan, CFA, CMT 2.25 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 25, 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
14.21%
-7.59%
26.36%
17.98%
8.04%
-32.46%
14.36%
-3.56%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-3.44%
14.38%
15.53%
1.61%
-16.15%
6.36%
-18.67%
37.68%
-3.13%
12.01%
-9.55%
22.10%
12.22%
4.64%
-27.30%
6.09%
1.39%
7.42%
-0.26%
11.65%
10.86%
-0.38%
-14.76%
5.96%
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-2.57%
As of April 25, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of December 31, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash -42.48% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 138.0% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.66% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 3.85% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Trust’s investment objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Category Index Bloomberg US Universal 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
BBgBarc Glb U.S. Corp HY 2% Issuer Cons 16.00%
BBgBarc Interm Credit Idx USD 24.00%
BBgBarc US Long Government/Credit 40.00%
BBgBarc US MBS USD 8.00%
Bloomberg ABS TR USD 4.00%
Bloomberg CMBS IG Elig for US Agg TR USD 8.00%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Akiva Dickstein 2.25 yrs
Scott MacLellan, CFA, CMT 2.25 yrs

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