BIT — BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

US equity
11.93 +0.42% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 11.88 · high 13.95

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Performance

1 day+0.42%
1 week-1.97%
1 month-2.21%
3 months-3.63%
6 months-9.48%
Year to date-9.00%
1 year-14.17%
3 years-18.57%
5 years-36.44%

Technicals

RSI 1425.8
vs 50-day avg-3.19%
vs 200-day avg-6.61%
Volatility 1y9.0%
Max drawdown 1y-14.84%
Avg volume 30d352.6K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)13.48%
Paid last 12m1.6081
Payments in 12m13
Paying since2016-02-11

Measured signals that fired on BIT

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-24Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-20Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-02Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-01-30Lakhani Samir
Disposition to issuer9.4K13.24124.6K
2026-01-30Dickstein Akiva
Disposition to issuer3.8K13.2449.7K
2026-01-30MacLellan Scott
Disposition to issuer46913.246.2K
2026-01-30Lakhani Samir
Option exercise9.4K
2026-01-30Dickstein Akiva
Option exercise3.8K
2026-01-30MacLellan Scott
Option exercise469
2025-01-31Lakhani Samir
Disposition to issuer8.7K14.77128.2K
2025-01-31Dickstein Akiva
Disposition to issuer2.0K14.7729.9K
2025-01-31MacLellan Scott
Disposition to issuer26714.773.9K
2025-01-31Lakhani Samir
Option exercise8.7K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
MORGAN STANLEY17.1M1.4M
RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC15.3M1.2M
TORONTO DOMINION BANK11.9M949.3K
Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC11.0M879.9K
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN9.8M786.1K
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA7.3M584.9K
LPL Financial LLC7.3M580.7K
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC7.2M574.8K
Invesco Ltd.6.8M545.3K
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC6.5M521.9K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
32026-08-052026-08-01on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-05-282026-03-31on EDGAR ↗
POS EX2026-04-08on EDGAR ↗
424B52026-04-08on EDGAR ↗
N-2ASR2026-03-23on EDGAR ↗
N-CEN/A2026-03-172024-12-31on EDGAR ↗
N-CEN2026-03-132025-12-31on EDGAR ↗
N-CSR2026-03-052025-12-31on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d38.2% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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