BlackRock Intl Bond Inv A 100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington, DE 19809 Map
Phone: 800-441-7762
| Category: | World Bond | | Fund Family: | BlackRock | | Net Assets: | 116.04M | | Year-to-Date Return: | -6.79% | | Yield: | 3.24% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 22-Apr-96 |
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Andrew Gordon
Lead Manager since
01-Jan-97 | | | Gordon is a managing director and portfolio manager with BlackRock Advisors, his employer since 1996. He is head of the firms global bond team and a member of the investment strategy group. Previously, he served as a principal with Barclay Investments from 1994 to 1996. Prior to that, he was with CS First Boston form 1986 to 1994. He began his career in 1983 at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $1,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $1,000 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $50 |
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| The investment seeks to realize a total return that exceeds that of the Citigroup Non-U.S. World Government Bond index. The fund invests primarily in non-dollar denominated bonds of issuers located outside of the United States in the 5 to 15 year maturity range. It normally invests at least 80% of assets in bonds and at least 65% of assets in bonds of a diversified group of non-U.S. issuers from at least three developed countries. The fund may invest more than 25% of assets in the securities of issuers located in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. |
| Last Dividend
(31-Oct-08):
| 0.03 | | Last Cap Gain
(20-Dec-04):
| 0.01 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 77.00% | | Average for Category:
| 233.43% |
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| Expense | BIIAX | Category Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 1.16%
| 1.19% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 0.00%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | 4.00%
| 4.38% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 2.43% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$767 | $547 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,037 | $861 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,806 | $1,735 |
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