$
22.83
Change
+0.11 +0.48%
Apr 16, 2021
YTD return
5.26%
5 yr avg return
10.29%
Total net assets
9.40B
52 week low
52 week high
$17.61
$22.83

Yield
0.65%
Fees & Expenses
Front load
0.00%
Deferred load
0.00%
Max. redemption fee
0.00%
Total expense ratio
0.81%
12 b-1
n/a
Turnover
193.00%
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Distributions
Income dividend
0.14
Dividend freq.
Semiannual
Capital gain (2020)
1.47
Capital gain (YTD)
n/a
Risk Measures
Alpha
n/a
Beta
n/a
Standard deviation
n/a
R. squared
n/a
Min. Investment
Standard (taxable)
2000000
IRA
n/a
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YTD Lipper Ranking: Quintile 4 (65th percentile)
Lipper Ranking & Performance
Fund return | Category | Index (S&P 500) |
% rank in category | Quintile rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | 5.26% | 7.05% | 11.90% | 65% | 4 |
1yr | 38.36% | 33.37% | 52.00% | 25% | 2 |
3yr | 11.46% | 8.17% | 18.30% | 16% | 1 |
5yr | 10.29% | 8.61% | 17.30% | 23% | 2 |
10yr | 6.92% | 6.56% | 14.6% | 36% | 2 |
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Fund Details
Category
Flexible Portfolio Funds
Fund family
BlackRock Funds Inst
Fund status
Open
Fund inception
February 3, 1989
Manager
Koesterich/Clayton/Rieder
Investment Policy
The Fund seeks high total investment return, consistent with prudent risk. The Fund invests in a portfolio of equity, debt and money market securities. Generally, the Funds portfolio will include both equity and debt securities. the Fund mainly seeks securities that Fund management believes are undervalued.
Top Holdings
Company | Symbol | % of total net assets |
---|---|---|
Starbucks Corp. | SBUX | 0.62 |
Salesforce.com Inc. | CRM | 0.63 |
Volvo AB Series B | VOLVF | 0.65 |
Comcast Corp. Cl A | CMCSA | 0.68 |
Lowe's Cos. | LOW | 0.68 |
Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | n/a | 0.69 |
Morgan Stanley | MS | 0.71 |
Charter Communications Inc. Cl A | CHTR | 0.73 |
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | APD | 0.74 |
Enel S.p.A. | ESOCF | 0.76 |
L3Harris Technologies Inc. | LHX | 0.76 |
Mastercard Inc. | MA | 0.79 |
Union Pacific Corp. | UNP | 0.84 |
Siemens AG | SMAWF | 0.89 |
NextEra Energy Inc. | NEE | 0.9 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd ORD | n/a | 0.9 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 0.91 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | 0.95 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc. | UNH | 1.01 |
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | n/a | 1.35 |
Alphabet Inc. Cl C | GOOG | 1.51 |
Amazon.com Inc. | AMZN | 1.8 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 1.91 |
SPDR Gold Shares | n/a | 1.92 |
Microsoft Corp. | MSFT | 2.01 |
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