BLW — BLACKROCK Ltd DURATION INCOME TRUST

US equity
12.67 -0.16% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 12.16 · high 14.19

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Performance

1 day-0.16%
1 week-1.55%
1 month+0.72%
3 months+2.43%
6 months-7.85%
Year to date-7.59%
1 year-10.33%
3 years-3.28%
5 years-25.07%

Technicals

RSI 1457.3
vs 50-day avg+0.84%
vs 200-day avg-3.31%
Volatility 1y8.9%
Max drawdown 1y-14.31%
Avg volume 30d160.2K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)11.60%
Paid last 12m1.4716
Payments in 12m13
Paying since2016-02-11

Measured signals that fired on BLW

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-12Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Volume shock without a price move
price
-1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-23Volume shock without a price move
price
-1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432
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
2026-01-30Garfin Mitchell
Disposition to issuer4.6K13.7463.3K
2026-01-30Dickstein Akiva
Disposition to issuer3.9K13.7454.2K
2026-01-30Delbos David
Disposition to issuer3.6K13.7449.3K
2026-01-30MacLellan Scott
Disposition to issuer49413.746.8K
2026-01-30Delbos David
Option exercise3.6K
2026-01-30Garfin Mitchell
Option exercise4.6K
2026-01-30MacLellan Scott
Option exercise494
2026-01-30Dickstein Akiva
Option exercise3.9K
2025-01-31Bishop Alastair
Disposition to issuer7.5K8.9867.8K
2025-01-31Delbos David
Disposition to issuer3.3K14.3546.7K

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 STANLEY52.5M4.2M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN12.9M1.0M
UBS Group AG8.0M639.2K
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC7.9M628.5K
Invesco Ltd.4.1M325.9K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC3.8M302.9K
Venture Visionary Partners LLC3.8M300.9K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/3.2M255.3K
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA2.3M181.2K
Blue Zone Wealth Advisors, LLC2.2M173.3K

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 →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d39.9% 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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