BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK)

• Market cap: $591M
• 1 day: -0.55%
• 5 days: 0.83%
• 1 month: 1.39%
• 3 months: 5.39%
• 6 months: -7.05%
• Year to date: 4.79%
• 1 year: 1.58%
• 5 years: -20.61%
• 10 years: -21.12%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Asset Management

About: Blackrock Core Bond Trust is a closed-ended management investment company. Its objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation. The trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a majority of its managed assets in bonds that are investment-grade quality at the time of investment. The trust's investments will include a broad range of bonds, including corporate bonds, U.S. government and agency securities and mortgage-related securities.

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

33% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 16 | Existing positions closed: 12

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 88 [Q3] → 89 (+1) [Q4]

9% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 25 | Existing positions reduced: 23

1.17% less ownership

Funds ownership: 21.48% [Q3] → 20.32% (-1.17%) [Q4]

16% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $137M [Q3] → $115M (-$21.8M) [Q4]