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Total Fund Assets ($ Mil)
4,564.67
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  Investment Objective & Strategy  
The investment seeks high total investment return.
The fund invests in a portfolio of equity, debt and money market securities. Generally, its portfolio will include both equity and debt securities. In selecting equity investments, the fund mainly seeks securities that the adviser believes are undervalued. The fund may buy debt securities of varying maturities, debt securities paying a fixed or fluctuating rate of interest, and debt securities of any kind. It may invest up to 35% of its total assets in "junk bonds," corporate loans and distressed securities. The fund may also invest in REITs and securities related to real assets.
  Morningstar Category: Global Allocation
Global-allocation portfolios seek to provide both capital appreciation and income by investing in three major areas: stocks, bonds, and cash. While these portfolios do explore the whole world, most of them focus on the U.S., Canada, Japan, and the larger markets in Europe. It is rare for such portfolios to invest more than 10% of their assets in emerging markets. These portfolios typically have at least 10% of assets in bonds, less than 70% of assets in stocks, and at least 40% of assets in non-U.S. stocks or bonds. 
  Investment Risks
There are no additional fund specific investment risks (e.g. liquidity risk, currency risk, foreign investment risk, etc.) associated with this fund beyond the normal risks generally associated with investing in a mutual fund.
  Portfolio Profile
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Bullet U.S. Stocks U.S. Stocks 41.6
Bullet Non-U.S. Stocks Non-U.S. Stocks 24.4
Bullet Bonds Bonds 27.5
Bullet Cash Cash 3.4
Bullet Other Other 3.2
Asset Allocation Rescaled Graph
Data through 2024-01-31
Morningstar Equity Sectors
% of Stocks
Cyclical 31.00
Basic Materials 3.74
Consumer Cyclical 11.72
Financial Services 13.77
Real Estate 1.77
Sensitive 46.62
Communication Services 5.89
Energy 5.68
Industrials 12.28
Technology 22.77
Defensive 22.38
Consumer Defensive 6.36
Healthcare 14.11
Utilities 1.91
Data through 2024-01-31
Morningstar Fixed-Income Sectors
% Fund
Government 30.45
Corporate 51.51
Securitized 15.17
Municipal 0.00
Cash & Equivalents 2.62
Derivative 0.24
Data through 2024-01-31
Credit Analysis
% Bonds
AAA 3.13
AA 32.71
A 8.33
BBB 7.99
BB 10.26
B 12.09
Below B 2.74
Not Rated 22.76
Data through 2024-01-31
Credit Analysis Graph
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 729
Total Number of Bond Holdings 854
% of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings 14.19
Turnover % (as of 2023-12-31) 215.00
30 Day SEC Yield % 0.00
Top Holdings
Sector Country Maturity Date Market Value ($000) % of Net Assets
Microsoft Corp USA --- 130,342 3.23
Amazon.com Inc USA --- 77,550 1.92
Apple Inc USA --- 70,626 1.75
Alphabet Inc Class C USA --- 57,740 1.43
Spain (Kingdom of) 2.55% --- ESP 2032-10-31 49,751 1.23
ASML Holding NV NLD --- 41,375 1.03
NVIDIA Corp USA --- 39,190 0.97
Mastercard Inc Class A USA --- 37,375 0.93
JPMorgan Chase & Co USA --- 35,074 0.87
Nestle SA CHE --- 33,269 0.83
Data through 2024-01-31
  Principal Risks   
Lending, Emerging Markets, Foreign Securities, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Country or Region, Growth Investing, High Portfolio Turnover, Index Correlation/Tracking Error, Market/Market Volatility, Commodity, Convertible Securities, Distressed Investments, Equity Securities, High-Yield Securities, Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities, Preferred Stocks, Underlying Fund/Fund of Funds, Warrants, Derivatives, Leverage, Fixed-Income Securities, Sovereign Debt, Management, Structured Products, Small Cap, Mid-Cap, Real Estate/REIT Sector
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  Other Information
Inception Date: 1992-02-28
Portfolio Manager(s)
Rick Rieder   (2019-04-01)
Rick Rieder, Managing Director, is BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income, and Co-head of BlackRock's Global Fixed Income platform, a member of BlackRock's Global Operating Committee and Chairman of the BlackRock firm-wide Investment Council. Before joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Rieder was President and Chief Executive Officer of R3 Capital Partners. He served as Vice Chairman and member of the Borrowing Committee for the U.S. Treasury. Mr. Rieder is currently a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, and was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Fixed Income Hall of Fame in 2013, and was nominated for Fixed Income Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor for 2014. From 1987 to 2008, Mr. Rieder was with Lehman Brothers, most recently as head of the firm's Global Principal Strategies team, a global proprietary investment platform. He was also global head of the firm's credit businesses, Chairman of the Corporate Bond and Loan Capital Commitment Committee, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the corporate pension fund. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Rieder was a credit analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta. Mr. Rieder earned a BBA degree in Finance from Emory University in 1983 and an MBA degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He is a member of the board of Emory University, Emory's Business School, and the University's Investment Committee and is the Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Rieder is founder and chairman of the business school's BBA investment fund and community financial literacy program. Mr. Rieder serves as Chairman of the Board of North Star Academy's eleven Charter Schools in Newark, New Jersey and is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Graduation Generation Public School Collaboration in Atlanta. He is a Trustee for the US Olympic Committee, and on the board of advisors for the Hospital for Special Surgery. He serves on the National Leadership Council of the Communities in Schools Educational Foundation and on the board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Newark and Essex County Mr. Rieder was honored at the Choose Success Awards ceremony in Atlanta in 2015 for his dedication to public education in Atlanta through CIS and Graduation Generation.
Russ Koesterich   (2017-01-01)
"Russ Koesterich, CFA, JD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Global Allocation team as well as the lead portfolio manager on the GA Selects model portfolio strategies. Mr. Koesterich's service with the firm dates back to 2005, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. He joined the BlackRock Global Allocation team in 2016 as Head of Asset Allocation and was named a portfolio manager of the Fund in 2017. Previously, he was BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist and Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Model Portfolio Solutions business, and formerly served as the Global Head of Investment Strategy for scientific active equities and as senior portfolio manager in the US Market Neutral Group. Prior to joining BGI, Mr. Koesterich was the Chief North American Strategist at State Street Bank and Trust. He began his investment career at Instinet Research Partners where he occupied several positions in research, including Director of Investment Strategy for both U.S. and European research, and Equity Analyst. He is a frequent contributor to financials news media and the author of three books, including his most recent ""Portfolio Construction for Today's Markets."" Mr. Koesterich earned a BA in history from Brandeis University, a JD from Boston College and an MBA from Columbia University. He is a CFA Charterholder."
David Clayton   (2017-01-01)
"David Clayton, CFA, JD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Global Allocation team. Mr. Clayton joined the BlackRock Global Allocation team in 2010 and was named a portfolio manager of the Fund in 2017. Prior to his current role, he was head of portfolio oversight, as well as a senior investor and investment group leader, on the Fund, primarily responsible for coverage of the energy, real estate, autos, industrials, materials and utilities sectors. Prior to joining BlackRock, he was Of Counsel in the Financial Restructuring Group at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. Previously he was a Managing Director and analyst with The Blackstone Group, responsible for distressed and special situations investments across multiple industries. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Clayton spent six years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), initially as an attorney specializing in corporate finance transactions and restructurings, and most recently as a Vice President and analyst in the Global High Yield Bond & Bank Debt Group. Mr. Clayton began his career as an attorney specializing in corporate finance transactions, first at Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto and then at Milbank in New York. Mr. Clayton earned a BA degree, with honors, in economics from the University of Western Ontario in 1990 and MBA and LLB degrees from Dalhousie University in 1994. He is a CFA Charterholder."
Investment Advisor(s)
BlackRock Advisors LLC
Issuer
BlackRock
Subadvisor(s)
BlackRock International Limited
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited
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Morningstar
Return
Morningstar
Risk
Morningstar
Rating
Number of
Funds
3-Year Below Avg Average 356
5-Year Above Avg Average 338
10-Year Above Avg Below Avg 244
Overall Above Avg Average 356
Morningstar Category: Global Allocation | Number of Funds in Category: 356
Data through 2024-03-31
Ratings reflect risk-adjusted performance and are derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three, five and ten-year (if applicable) time periods.
  Volatility Measurements
Standard Deviation 12.04
Mean 1.61
Sharpe Ratio -0.05
Trailing 3-Yr as of 2024-03-31
  Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics
Best Fit Index
Morningstar Gbl Allocation TR USD
R-Squared 98
Beta 0.92
Alpha -0.92
Trailing 3-Yr as of 2024-03-31
  Principal Risks   
Lending, Emerging Markets, Foreign Securities, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Country or Region, Growth Investing, High Portfolio Turnover, Index Correlation/Tracking Error, Market/Market Volatility, Commodity, Convertible Securities, Distressed Investments, Equity Securities, High-Yield Securities, Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities, Preferred Stocks, Underlying Fund/Fund of Funds, Warrants, Derivatives, Leverage, Fixed-Income Securities, Sovereign Debt, Management, Structured Products, Small Cap, Mid-Cap, Real Estate/REIT Sector
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  Investment Risks
There are no additional fund specific investment risks (e.g. liquidity risk, currency risk, foreign investment risk, etc.) associated with this fund beyond the normal risks generally associated with investing in a mutual fund.
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  Style Box Details for Stock Holdings
Size
Average Mkt Cap $Mil 119,929
   
Market Capitalization % of Portfolio
Giant 47.17
Large 33.07
Medium 18.32
Small 0.82
Micro 0.61
   
Investment Valuation Stock
Portfolio
Forward P/E 17.0
Price/Book 2.6
Price/Sales 1.6
Price/Cash Flow 10.1
Dividend Yield 1.9
Long-Term Earnings 11.8
Historical Earnings 16.1
Sales Growth 9.7
Cash-Flow Growth 11.5
Book-Value Growth 8.1
As of 2024-01-31
Data as of 2024-01-31
  Style Box Details for Bond Holdings
Average Eff Duration 4.54 Yrs
Average Eff Maturity ---
Average Wtd Coupon 6.23
Average Wtd Price 96.58
As of 2024-01-31
Data as of 2024-01-31
  Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Bullet U.S. Stocks U.S. Stocks 41.6
Bullet Non-U.S. Stocks Non-U.S. Stocks 24.4
Bullet Bonds Bonds 27.5
Bullet Cash Cash 3.4
Bullet Other Other 3.2
Asset Allocation Rescaled Graph
Data through 2024-01-31
  Morningstar Equity Sectors
% of Stocks
Cyclical 31.00
Basic Materials 3.74
Consumer Cyclical 11.72
Financial Services 13.77
Real Estate 1.77
Sensitive 46.62
Communication Services 5.89
Energy 5.68
Industrials 12.28
Technology 22.77
Defensive 22.38
Consumer Defensive 6.36
Healthcare 14.11
Utilities 1.91
Data through 2024-01-31
  Morningstar Fixed-Income Sectors
% Fund
Government 30.45
Corporate 51.51
Securitized 15.17
Municipal 0.00
Cash & Equivalents 2.62
Derivative 0.24
Data through 2024-01-31
  Credit Analysis
% Bonds
AAA 3.13
AA 32.71
A 8.33
BBB 7.99
BB 10.26
B 12.09
Below B 2.74
Not Rated 22.76
Data through 2024-01-31
Credit Analysis Graph
  Top 25 Holdings
Total Number of Stock Holdings 729
Total Number of Bond Holdings 854
% of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings 14.19
Turnover % (as of 2023-12-31) 215.00
30 Day SEC Yield % 0.00
Top 25 Holdings
Sector Country Maturity Date Market Value ($000) % of Net Assets
Microsoft Corp USA --- 130,342 3.23
Amazon.com Inc USA --- 77,550 1.92
Apple Inc USA --- 70,626 1.75
Alphabet Inc Class C USA --- 57,740 1.43
Spain (Kingdom of) 2.55% --- ESP 2032-10-31 49,751 1.23
ASML Holding NV NLD --- 41,375 1.03
NVIDIA Corp USA --- 39,190 0.97
Mastercard Inc Class A USA --- 37,375 0.93
JPMorgan Chase & Co USA --- 35,074 0.87
Nestle SA CHE --- 33,269 0.83
United States Treasury Notes 4% --- USA 2025-12-15 32,473 0.81
Shell PLC GBR --- 27,533 0.68
BAE Systems PLC GBR --- 27,324 0.68
Merck & Co Inc USA --- 27,081 0.67
Humana Inc USA --- 25,977 0.64
Boston Scientific Corp USA --- 25,588 0.63
UnitedHealth Group Inc USA --- 25,096 0.62
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc USA --- 24,277 0.60
The Walt Disney Co USA --- 24,253 0.60
Costco Wholesale Corp USA --- 24,007 0.60
Walmart Inc USA --- 23,927 0.59
Brazil Federative Republic Of (Gov 0 07/01/2024 --- --- 2024-07-01 23,814 0.59
Sempra USA --- 23,656 0.59
Eli Lilly and Co USA --- 23,639 0.59
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc JPN --- 23,593 0.59
Data through 2024-01-31
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  Fees and Expenses Taken from prospectus dated 2023-07-28  
Maximum Fees
Administrative ---
Management 0.65%
12b-1 ---
Actual Fees
12b-1 ---
Management 0.65%
Expense Ratio 0.75%
(taken from annual report dated 2023-12-31)
Total Annual Operating Expense 0.81%
Waiver Data
Type Date %
ExpenseRatio Contractual 2024-06-30 0.04
  Management
Inception Date: 1992-02-28
Mngr Name Rick Rieder
Mngr Start Date 2019-04-01
Biography
Rick Rieder, Managing Director, is BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income, and Co-head of BlackRock's Global Fixed Income platform, a member of BlackRock's Global Operating Committee and Chairman of the BlackRock firm-wide Investment Council. Before joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Rieder was President and Chief Executive Officer of R3 Capital Partners. He served as Vice Chairman and member of the Borrowing Committee for the U.S. Treasury. Mr. Rieder is currently a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, and was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Fixed Income Hall of Fame in 2013, and was nominated for Fixed Income Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor for 2014. From 1987 to 2008, Mr. Rieder was with Lehman Brothers, most recently as head of the firm's Global Principal Strategies team, a global proprietary investment platform. He was also global head of the firm's credit businesses, Chairman of the Corporate Bond and Loan Capital Commitment Committee, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the corporate pension fund. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Rieder was a credit analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta. Mr. Rieder earned a BBA degree in Finance from Emory University in 1983 and an MBA degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He is a member of the board of Emory University, Emory's Business School, and the University's Investment Committee and is the Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Rieder is founder and chairman of the business school's BBA investment fund and community financial literacy program. Mr. Rieder serves as Chairman of the Board of North Star Academy's eleven Charter Schools in Newark, New Jersey and is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Graduation Generation Public School Collaboration in Atlanta. He is a Trustee for the US Olympic Committee, and on the board of advisors for the Hospital for Special Surgery. He serves on the National Leadership Council of the Communities in Schools Educational Foundation and on the board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Newark and Essex County Mr. Rieder was honored at the Choose Success Awards ceremony in Atlanta in 2015 for his dedication to public education in Atlanta through CIS and Graduation Generation.
Mngr Name Russ Koesterich
Mngr Start Date 2017-01-01
Biography
"Russ Koesterich, CFA, JD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Global Allocation team as well as the lead portfolio manager on the GA Selects model portfolio strategies. Mr. Koesterich's service with the firm dates back to 2005, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. He joined the BlackRock Global Allocation team in 2016 as Head of Asset Allocation and was named a portfolio manager of the Fund in 2017. Previously, he was BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist and Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Model Portfolio Solutions business, and formerly served as the Global Head of Investment Strategy for scientific active equities and as senior portfolio manager in the US Market Neutral Group. Prior to joining BGI, Mr. Koesterich was the Chief North American Strategist at State Street Bank and Trust. He began his investment career at Instinet Research Partners where he occupied several positions in research, including Director of Investment Strategy for both U.S. and European research, and Equity Analyst. He is a frequent contributor to financials news media and the author of three books, including his most recent ""Portfolio Construction for Today's Markets."" Mr. Koesterich earned a BA in history from Brandeis University, a JD from Boston College and an MBA from Columbia University. He is a CFA Charterholder."
Mngr Name David Clayton
Mngr Start Date 2017-01-01
Biography
"David Clayton, CFA, JD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Global Allocation team. Mr. Clayton joined the BlackRock Global Allocation team in 2010 and was named a portfolio manager of the Fund in 2017. Prior to his current role, he was head of portfolio oversight, as well as a senior investor and investment group leader, on the Fund, primarily responsible for coverage of the energy, real estate, autos, industrials, materials and utilities sectors. Prior to joining BlackRock, he was Of Counsel in the Financial Restructuring Group at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. Previously he was a Managing Director and analyst with The Blackstone Group, responsible for distressed and special situations investments across multiple industries. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Clayton spent six years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), initially as an attorney specializing in corporate finance transactions and restructurings, and most recently as a Vice President and analyst in the Global High Yield Bond & Bank Debt Group. Mr. Clayton began his career as an attorney specializing in corporate finance transactions, first at Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto and then at Milbank in New York. Mr. Clayton earned a BA degree, with honors, in economics from the University of Western Ontario in 1990 and MBA and LLB degrees from Dalhousie University in 1994. He is a CFA Charterholder."
Investment Advisor(s)
BlackRock Advisors LLC
Web Site
www.blackrock.com
Issuer
BlackRock
Subadvisor(s)
BlackRock International Limited
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited
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Morningstar Ratings (Relative to Category)
  Morningstar ReturnMorningstar RiskMorningstar Rating# of Funds
3-year Below AvgAverage356
5-year Above AvgAverage338
10-year Above AvgBelow Avg244
Overall Above AvgAverage356
Morningstar Category : Global Allocation | Number of Funds in Category: 356
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For portfolios holding fixed-income investments, a Fixed Income Style Box is calculated. The vertical axis shows the credit quality based on credit ratings and the horizontal axis shows interest-rate sensitivity as measured by effective duration. There are three credit categories - "High", "Medium", and "Low"; and there are three interest rate sensitivity categories - "Limited", "Moderate", and "Extensive"; resulting in nine possible combinations. As in the Equity Style Box, the combination of credit and interest rate sensitivity for a portfolio is represented by a darkened square in the matrix. Morningstar uses credit rating information from credit rating agencies (CRAs) that have been designated Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States. For a list of all NRSROs, please visit https://www.sec.gov/ocr/ocr-current-nrsros.html. Additionally, Morningstar will use credit ratings from CRAs which have been recognized by foreign regulatory institutions that are deemed the equivalent of the NRSRO designation. To determine the rating applicable to a holding and the subsequent holding weighted value of a portfolio two methods may be employed. First is a common methodology approach where if a case exists such that two CRAs have rated a holding, the lower rating of the two should be applied; if three or more CRAs have rated a holding, the median rating should be applied; and in cases where there are more than two ratings and a median rating cannot be determined, the lower of the two middle ratings should be applied. Alternatively, if there is more than one rating available an average can be calculated from all and applied. Please Note: Morningstar, Inc. is not an NRSRO nor does it issue a credit rating on the fund. Credit ratings for any security held in a portfolio can change over time.
Morningstar uses the credit rating information to calculate a weighted-average credit quality value for the portfolio. This value is based only upon those holdings which are considered to be classified as "fixed income", such a government, corporate, or securitized issues. Other types of holdings such as equities and many, though not all, types of derivatives are excluded. The weighted-average credit quality value is represented by a rating symbol which corresponds to the long-term rating symbol schemas employed by most CRAs. Note that this value is not explicitly published but instead serves as an input in the Style Box calculation. This symbol is then used to map to a Style Box credit quality category of "low," "medium," or "high". Funds with a "low" credit quality category are those whose weighted-average credit quality is determined to be equivalent to the commonly used High Yield classification, meaning a rating below "BBB", portfolios assigned to the "high" credit category have either a "AAA" or "AA+" average credit quality value, while "medium" are those with an average rating of "AA-" inclusive to "BBB-". It is expected and intended that the majority of portfolios will be assigned a credit category of "medium".
For assignment to an interest-rate sensitivity category, Morningstar uses the average effective duration of the portfolio. From this value there are three distinct methodologies employed to determine assignment to category. Portfolio which are assigned to Morningstar municipal-bond categories employ static breakpoints between categories. These breakpoints are: "Limited" equal to 4.5 years or less, "Moderate" equal to 4.5 years to less than 7 years; and "Extensive" equal to more than 7 years. For portfolios assigned to Morningstar categories other than U.S. Taxable, including all domiciled outside the United States, static duration breakpoints are also used: "Limited" equals less than or equal to 3.5 years, "Moderate" equals greater than 3.5 years but less than or equal to 6 years, and "Extensive" is assigned to portfolios with effective durations of more than 6 years.
Note: Interest-rate sensitivity for non-U.S. domiciled portfolios (excluding those in Morningstar convertible categories) may be assigned using average modified duration when average effective duration is not available.
For portfolios Morningstar classifies as U.S. Taxable Fixed-Income, interest-rate sensitivity category assignment is based on the effective duration of the Morningstar Core Bond Index (MCBI). The classification assignment is dynamically determined relative to the benchmark index value. A "Limited" category will be assigned to portfolios whose average effective duration is between 25% to 75% of MCBI average effective duration, where the average effective duration is between 75% to 125% of the MCBI the portfolio will be classified as "Moderate", and those portfolios with an average effective duration value 125% or greater of the average effective duration of the MCBI will be classified as "Extensive".
Investment Risk
Foreign Securities Investment Options:/Emerging Market Investment Options: The investor should note that investment options that invest in foreign securities involve special additional risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, currency risk, political risk, and risk associated with varying accounting standards. Investing in emerging markets may accentuate these risks.
Sector Investment Options: The investor should note that investment options that invest exclusively in one sector or industry involve additional risks. The lack of industry diversification subjects the investor to increased industry-specific risks.
Non-Diversified Investment Options: The investor should note that investment options that invest more of their assets in a single issuer involve additional risks, including share price fluctuations, because of the increased concentration of investments.
Small Cap Investment Options: The investor should note that investment options that invest in stocks of small companies involve additional risks. Smaller companies typically have a higher risk of failure, and are not as well established as larger blue-chip companies. Historically, smaller-company stocks have experienced a greater degree of market volatility than the overall market average.
Mid Cap Investment Options: The investor should note that investment options that invest in companies with market capitalizations below $10 billion involve additional risks. The securities of these companies may be more volatile and less liquid than the securities of larger companies.
High-Yield Bond Investment Options: The investor should note that investment options that invest in lower-rated debt securities (commonly referred to as junk bonds) involve additional risks because of the lower credit quality of the securities in the portfolio. The investor should be aware of the possible higher level of volatility, and increased risk of default.
Yield
The yield of an investment option refers to the income generated by an investment in that investment option over an identified period of time. The SEC 30-day yield refers to the income generated by an investment over an identified 30-day period. The SEC 30-day yield is calculated by dividing: (I) the net investment income per share of the investment option earned over a 30-day period; by (II) the maximum offering price per share of the investment option on the last day of the period. This number is then annualized using semi-annual compounding. This means that the amount of income generated during the 30-day period is assumed to be generated each month over a 12-month period and is reinvested every six months. The yield does not necessarily reflect income actually earned by investing in the investment option because of certain adjustments required by the SEC and, therefore, may not correlate to the dividends or other distributions paid to shareholders.