BLW: A Good Option For Debt Exposure If The Price Falls

2025-06-18 17:16:12 ET

The BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust ( BLW ) is a closed-end fund that provides investors with a method through which they can obtain a very high level of income from fixed-income securities without taking on the duration risks that plague most securities in this segment of the market. As regular readers are likely well aware, I have become rather hostile towards bonds and other fixed-income securities over the past several months. This is partially because they have failed in their primary role of providing principal protection over the past decade. As we can see here, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ( AGG ) delivered a negative return assuming reinvestment of all distributions, dividends, and coupon payments made to investors over the past ten years:

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