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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.09% 0.39% 1.240B 92124.00
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
8.32% 32.00% -30.56M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
To provide income and total return through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. science and technology companies in any market capitalization range, selected for their rapid and sustainable growth potential from the development, advancement and use of science and/or technology (high growth science and technology stocks), and/or potential to generate current income from advantageous dividend yields (cyclical science and technology stocks).
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Technology
Category Index Morningstar US Tech TR USD
Global Category Name Technology Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Technology Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Information Technology (Sector) Total Return (^SP15IFTSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Technology
Fund Owner Firm Name BlackRock
Prospectus Benchmark Index
MSCI ACWI Information Technology TR 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Kyle McClements 9.51 yrs
Tony Kim 9.51 yrs
Christopher Accettella 2.11 yrs
Reid Menge 2.11 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of May 09, 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
57.14%
8.67%
34.00%
68.80%
1.59%
-38.29%
30.03%
11.17%
22.40%
-8.71%
27.67%
15.90%
21.82%
-18.14%
23.79%
8.27%
36.33%
1.73%
41.02%
44.47%
25.50%
-35.91%
60.79%
14.06%
39.84%
-6.27%
46.14%
42.55%
28.76%
-30.38%
52.57%
7.98%
34.25%
-1.66%
49.86%
43.61%
34.74%
-27.73%
56.02%
6.57%
36.83%
-0.37%
48.93%
45.87%
30.49%
-29.59%
53.30%
6.71%
As of May 09, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of March 31, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 11.91% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 68.98% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 19.11% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
To provide income and total return through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. science and technology companies in any market capitalization range, selected for their rapid and sustainable growth potential from the development, advancement and use of science and/or technology (high growth science and technology stocks), and/or potential to generate current income from advantageous dividend yields (cyclical science and technology stocks).
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Technology
Category Index Morningstar US Tech TR USD
Global Category Name Technology Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Technology Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Information Technology (Sector) Total Return (^SP15IFTSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Technology
Fund Owner Firm Name BlackRock
Prospectus Benchmark Index
MSCI ACWI Information Technology TR 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Kyle McClements 9.51 yrs
Tony Kim 9.51 yrs
Christopher Accettella 2.11 yrs
Reid Menge 2.11 yrs

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