BLACKROCK ACTIVE FIXED INCOME
Attractive yields across the curve means higher expected returns in bonds. Learn how active portfolio management can help take advantage of this market opportunity.
When you’re navigating any challenging environment the best approach is to remain active and flexible.
In a highly-volatile setting, we don’t rely on outsized positions or big bets on difficult-to-predict macro trends. We stay agile and make smaller, opportunistic moves.
By staying nimble, unconstrained, and well-diversified we’re able to keep our options open to seize attractive opportunities wherever they become available.
The destination remains the same, but especially in conditions like this, the wisest path is to make a little bit of money a lot of times.
Hear how Rick Rieder seeks to make a little bit of money a lot of time
When you’re navigating any challenging environment, we believe the best approach is to remain active and flexible. By staying nimble, unconstrained, and well-diversified our Portfolio Managers are able to seize attractive opportunities wherever they become available.
Active fixed income funds
| Objective | Fund Name | Ticker | ETF or mutual fund | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||||
| I want to tap into today's higher yields. | BlackRock High Yield Bond Fund > | BHYIX | Mutual fund | |||
| BlackRock Flexible Income ETF > | BINC | ETF | ||||
| Capital preservation | ||||||
| I want to put cash to work. | BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Fund > | BSIIX | Mutual fund | |||
| BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF > | NEAR | ETF | ||||
| Equity diversification | ||||||
| I want to diversify my stocks. | BlackRock Total Return Fund > | MAHQX | Mutual fund | |||
| BlackRock Total Return ETF > | BRTR | ETF | ||||
I’m up at 3:45 every morning. I want to know where all the markets are. I work out for an hour then the day really gets going.
I’m Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income at BlackRock.
So my job is investing money for clients trying to generate returns using fixed income assets within portfolios. From being in this business for 35 years, you learn you got to be thoughtful, you got to innovate, you got to be different, and then apply that to the experience you have and the research that you’re doing.
Education for me is literally the foundation of everything. I’m chairman of the board of North Star Academy. It’s over 14 charter schools, serving 6,000 kids in the city of Newark. We started an internship program to bring high school kids in to help them with not just understanding markets, the economy, finance, but also understanding how you interface in business. We’re helping to change the future of thousands of underserved kids.
It gives you a real boost to see the difference you can make.
There’s a lot to do in a day, but when you start to see what you can get done, I think it’s safe to say that I won’t look back and wish I had slept more.
Meet Rick Rieder: Morningstar’s 2023 Outstanding Portfolio Manager
Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income, has been awarded the 2023 Morningstar Award for Investing Excellence, Outstanding Portfolio Manager.* Rick Rieder’s consistent approach to managing strategies like Strategic Income Opportunities, Total Return, Global Allocation and more have helped funds deliver long-term success.
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