DSU — BLACKROCK DEBT STRATEGIES FUND, INC.

US equity
9.41 -0.42% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 9.35 · high 10.65

Anonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.

Performance

1 day-0.42%
1 week-0.42%
1 month-0.42%
3 months-3.88%
6 months-5.90%
Year to date-7.75%
1 year-10.38%
3 years-5.62%
5 years-17.24%

Technicals

RSI 1444.7
vs 50-day avg-1.66%
vs 200-day avg-4.89%
Volatility 1y8.6%
Max drawdown 1y-12.21%
Avg volume 30d334.6K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)13.64%
Paid last 12m1.2835
Payments in 12m13
Paying since2016-02-11

Measured signals that fired on DSU

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-23Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-24Equal 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
2026-01-30Delbos David
Disposition to issuer4.4K10.2144.8K
2026-01-30Wilson Carly
Disposition to issuer2.9K10.2129.3K
2026-01-30Garfin Mitchell
Disposition to issuer2.3K10.2123.0K
2026-01-30Garfin Mitchell
Option exercise2.3K
2026-01-30Delbos David
Option exercise4.4K
2026-01-30Wilson Carly
Option exercise2.9K
2025-01-31Delbos David
Disposition to issuer3.9K10.7542.1K
2025-01-31Garfin Mitchell
Disposition to issuer2.0K10.7521.7K
2025-01-31Wilson Carly
Disposition to issuer1.1K10.7512.1K
2025-01-31Wilson Carly
Option exercise1.1K

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 STANLEY42.9M4.5M
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC14.0M1.5M
LPL Financial LLC6.8M706.5K
OAK HILL ADVISORS LP5.6M578.9K
Invesco Ltd.5.4M562.1K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/4.9M507.2K
Elevated Capital Advisors, LLC4.4M455.5K
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC3.9M406.8K
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.3.5M360.5K
Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd.3.2M329.0K

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, 90d45.5% 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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