BlackRock High Income A Po Box 9011 Princeton NJ 08543
Phone: 800-441-7762
| Category: |
High Yield Bond |
| Fund Family: |
BlackRock |
| Net Assets: |
594.08M |
| Year-to-Date Return: |
1.82% |
| Yield: |
7.85% |
| Morningstar Rating: |
 |
| Fund Inception Date: |
21-Oct-94 |
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Kevin Booth
Lead Manager since
15-Jun-07 |
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| Booth has been a managing director at BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (BFM) since 2006. Previously, he served as a managing director at Merrill Lynch Investment Management since 1998. Booth has been employed by MLIM as a vice president since 1991. Booth is a Chartered Financial Analyst holder. |
| Min Initial Investment: |
$1,000 |
| Min Initial Investment, IRA: |
$1,000 |
| Min Initial Investment, AIP: |
$1,000 |
| Min Subsequent Investment: |
$50 |
| Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: |
$50 |
| Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: |
$50 |
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| The investment seeks high level of current income. The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in fixed-income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories by at least one of the recognized rating agencies including Baa or lower by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Moody's) or BBB or lower by Standard & Poor's (S&P) or Fitch Rating (Fitch), or in unrated securities that the management believes are of comparable quality. |
| Last Dividend
(31-Dec-07):
|
0.04 |
| Last Cap Gain
(23-Dec-98):
|
0.15 |
| Annual Holdings Turnover
|
80.00% |
| Average for Category:
|
117.23% |
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| Expense |
MDHIX |
Category Avg |
| Total Expense Ratio: |
0.89%
|
1.26% |
| Max 12b1 Fee: |
0.25%
|
N/A |
| Max Front End Sales Load: |
4.00%
|
4.41% |
| Max Deferred Sales Load: |
0.00%
|
2.72% |
| 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$676 |
$577 |
| 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$879 |
$879 |
| 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,464 |
$1,735 |
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