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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.35% -14.22% 419.28M 85606.07
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
0.00% 34.56% -- Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities of Life Sciences companies.In an effort to achieve its investment objective, the Fund will invest primarily in securities of U.S. and foreign companies that are generally believed by the Investment Adviser to have significant potential for above-average, long-term growth in revenues and earnings.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Mid Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Health
Category Index S&P 1500 Health Care TR
Global Category Name Healthcare Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Healthcare Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Health Care (Sector) Total Return (^SP15HCSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Health
Fund Owner Firm Name Abrdn Inc
Prospectus Benchmark Index
NASDAQ Biotechnology TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Daniel Omstead 22.52 yrs
Jason Akus 0.03 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 23, 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
25.44%
-14.41%
25.51%
23.80%
5.70%
-19.25%
4.36%
0.48%
22.40%
-8.71%
27.67%
15.90%
21.82%
-18.14%
23.79%
5.33%
16.46%
-10.69%
26.34%
22.13%
11.81%
-15.24%
3.95%
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15.30%
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4.65%
11.31%
14.58%
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0.61%
22.28%
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18.65%
25.66%
1.54%
-10.83%
3.71%
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-26.29%
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-8.03%
As of April 23, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of March 31, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 5.69% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 87.71% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.08% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 6.01% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.51% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities of Life Sciences companies.In an effort to achieve its investment objective, the Fund will invest primarily in securities of U.S. and foreign companies that are generally believed by the Investment Adviser to have significant potential for above-average, long-term growth in revenues and earnings.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Mid Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Health
Category Index S&P 1500 Health Care TR
Global Category Name Healthcare Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Healthcare Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Health Care (Sector) Total Return (^SP15HCSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Health
Fund Owner Firm Name Abrdn Inc
Prospectus Benchmark Index
NASDAQ Biotechnology TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Daniel Omstead 22.52 yrs
Jason Akus 0.03 yrs

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