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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.55% -0.23% 32.22M 39780.77
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
3.52% 32.00% -- Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund will seek high current income but may also consider capital appreciation. The Fund invests the Fund's assets in government, corporate, mortgage backed and asset backed securities of US and foreign issuers, emerging market debt securities and equity securities. MFS may also invest the fund’s assets in foreign securities. MFS may invest up to 100% of the fund’s assets in below investment grade quality debt instruments.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Allocation
Broad Category Allocation
Category Name Moderately Conservative Allocation
Category Index Morningstar Mod Con Tgt Risk TR USD
Global Category Name Cautious Allocation
YCharts Categorization Target Allocation
YCharts Benchmark S&P Target Risk Moderate Index (^STRB)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name MFS
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Bloomberg US Corp HY 2% Isr Cap TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Matthew Ryan 21.27 yrs
David Cole 17.43 yrs
Ward Brown 12.09 yrs
Michael Skatrud 6.09 yrs
Katherine Cannan 5.09 yrs
Nevin Chitkara 2.42 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
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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
17.11%
-6.95%
42.90%
-2.07%
29.88%
-33.05%
8.70%
10.69%
21.83%
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31.49%
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0.39%
6.19%
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15.77%
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-3.75%
16.65%
9.29%
10.80%
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3.80%
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Asset Allocation

As of February 29, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 3.58% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 43.37% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 52.98% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.07% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund will seek high current income but may also consider capital appreciation. The Fund invests the Fund's assets in government, corporate, mortgage backed and asset backed securities of US and foreign issuers, emerging market debt securities and equity securities. MFS may also invest the fund’s assets in foreign securities. MFS may invest up to 100% of the fund’s assets in below investment grade quality debt instruments.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Allocation
Broad Category Allocation
Category Name Moderately Conservative Allocation
Category Index Morningstar Mod Con Tgt Risk TR USD
Global Category Name Cautious Allocation
YCharts Categorization Target Allocation
YCharts Benchmark S&P Target Risk Moderate Index (^STRB)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name MFS
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Bloomberg US Corp HY 2% Isr Cap TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Matthew Ryan 21.27 yrs
David Cole 17.43 yrs
Ward Brown 12.09 yrs
Michael Skatrud 6.09 yrs
Katherine Cannan 5.09 yrs
Nevin Chitkara 2.42 yrs

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