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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.

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BlackRock’s breadth and depth of solutions is unmatched in the industry. Whether you are looking for low-cost, transparent exposures or would like to lean on a portfolio manager to actively manage your solutions for moving markets, BlackRock can offer the right strategy to meet your needs.
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Mutual funds
Get professional management of your bonds. Experienced investment teams will actively navigate bond markets to seek superior risk-adjusted income and returns.
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ETFs
Find precise exposures with low cost, tax-efficient bond ETFs that provide transparency and liquidity through exchange trading.
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We handle the sourcing and active risk management to provide an individually managed bond portfolio of high-quality, income-generating bonds for your clients.

Build a bond portfolio based on your client’s goals

No one bond fund can deliver equity diversification, capital preservation, and income in today’s environment. Consider ways to thoughtfully allocate across these three outcomes based on the risk level of your overall portfolio.

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
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF > BINC ETF
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF > USHY ETF
Capital preservation
I want to put cash to work. BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Fund > BSIIX Mutual fund
iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF > NEAR ETF
iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF > ISTB ETF
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF > IGSB ETF
iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF > ISHG ETF
Equity diversification
I want to diversify from my stocks. BlackRock Total Return Fund > MAHQX Mutual fund
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF > AGG ETF
iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF > IUSB ETF
iShares International Treasury Bond ETF > IGOV ETF
iShares National Muni Bond ETF > MUB ETF
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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.1 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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