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Name
As of 10/30/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
YTD Return
6.8%
1 yr return
17.0%
3 Yr Avg Return
-1.0%
5 Yr Avg Return
0.5%
Net Assets
$6.74 B
Holdings in Top 10
17.0%
Expense Ratio 1.82%
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load 4.00%
Turnover 56.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Standard (Taxable)
$1,000
IRA
$250
Fund Type
Open End Mutual Fund
Name
As of 10/30/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
MFS (Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the fund’s investment adviser) normally invests at least 80% of the fund’s net assets in debt instruments of issuers that are tied economically to emerging market countries. Emerging market countries are countries whose financial and capital markets are in the development phase and include countries located in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and developing countries of Europe, primarily Eastern Europe.
MFS may also invest in debt instruments of issuers that are not tied economically to emerging market countries.
Debt instruments include corporate bonds, foreign government securities, U.S. Government securities, and other obligations to repay money borrowed.
MFS may invest up to 100% of the fund’s assets in below investment grade quality debt instruments.
MFS normally invests the fund’s assets across different industries, sectors, countries, and regions, but MFS may invest a significant percentage of the fund’s assets in issuers in a single industry, sector, country, or region.
While MFS may use derivatives for any investment purpose, to the extent MFS uses derivatives, MFS expects to use derivatives primarily to increase or decrease exposure to a particular market, segment of the market, or security, to increase or decrease interest rate or currency exposure, or as alternatives to direct investments. Derivatives include futures, forward contracts, options, and swaps.
MFS allocates the fund’s assets across countries primarily based on fundamental economic and financial analysis of the creditworthiness of each country and the relative values of countries’ external debt, currencies, and local market debt. In selecting investments, MFS may consider economic and financial fundamentals, liquidity, duration, yield curve positioning, relative value, and other factors. Quantitative tools that systematically evaluate these and other factors may also be considered.
For purposes of the fund’s 80% policy, net assets include the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes.
Period | MEDBX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | 6.8% | -5.1% | 470.0% | 40.48% |
1 Yr | 17.0% | 3.0% | 524.4% | 32.31% |
3 Yr | -1.0%* | -8.4% | 59.2% | 79.93% |
5 Yr | 0.5%* | -7.3% | 29.4% | 56.09% |
10 Yr | 1.8%* | -5.7% | 14.4% | 45.36% |
* Annualized
Period | MEDBX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 4.0% | -10.6% | 17.8% | 68.47% |
2022 | -20.2% | -29.1% | -2.4% | 71.58% |
2021 | -6.5% | -24.0% | 2.7% | 39.50% |
2020 | 3.5% | -14.0% | 9.7% | 11.03% |
2019 | 8.9% | -6.4% | 13.0% | 31.72% |
Period | MEDBX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | 6.8% | -5.1% | 470.0% | 40.48% |
1 Yr | 17.0% | 3.0% | 524.4% | 32.31% |
3 Yr | -1.0%* | -8.4% | 59.2% | 79.93% |
5 Yr | 0.5%* | -7.3% | 29.4% | 56.09% |
10 Yr | 1.8%* | -5.7% | 14.4% | 45.36% |
* Annualized
Period | MEDBX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 11.5% | -0.6% | 20.0% | 59.66% |
2022 | -15.4% | -27.6% | -1.7% | 65.61% |
2021 | -3.1% | -18.5% | 7.4% | 50.18% |
2020 | 7.3% | -7.8% | 18.0% | 20.59% |
2019 | 13.4% | -3.0% | 23.0% | 46.64% |
MEDBX | Category Low | Category High | MEDBX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Assets | 6.74 B | 565 K | 14.8 B | 2.03% |
Number of Holdings | 534 | 4 | 1813 | 24.07% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 1.21 B | -134 M | 1.25 B | 2.71% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 16.96% | 5.8% | 102.2% | 54.79% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MEDBX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bonds | 93.14% | 0.00% | 105.61% | 68.81% |
Cash | 6.61% | 0.00% | 24.01% | 29.15% |
Convertible Bonds | 0.86% | 0.00% | 8.47% | 22.60% |
Other | 0.25% | -13.89% | 86.73% | 35.25% |
Stocks | 0.00% | -0.01% | 96.53% | 44.75% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.76% | 18.64% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MEDBX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Government | 53.62% | 0.00% | 99.79% | 63.70% |
Corporate | 38.80% | 0.00% | 91.26% | 20.55% |
Cash & Equivalents | 6.60% | 0.00% | 23.23% | 17.63% |
Derivative | 0.25% | -3.00% | 13.76% | 20.68% |
Securitized | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.41% | 28.08% |
Municipal | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 14.73% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MEDBX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | 82.77% | -42.31% | 99.15% | 42.71% |
Non US | 10.37% | 0.00% | 132.49% | 57.97% |
MEDBX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Expense Ratio | 1.82% | 0.02% | 32.92% | 25.85% |
Management Fee | 0.68% | 0.00% | 1.10% | 43.39% |
12b-1 Fee | 1.00% | 0.00% | 1.00% | 83.82% |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.02% | 0.65% | N/A |
MEDBX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Front Load | N/A | 0.75% | 5.75% | N/A |
Deferred Load | 4.00% | 1.00% | 4.00% | 5.41% |
MEDBX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Redemption Fee | N/A | 0.75% | 2.00% | N/A |
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
MEDBX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Turnover | 56.00% | 0.00% | 218.00% | 49.22% |
MEDBX | Category Low | Category High | MEDBX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Yield | 6.18% | 0.00% | 22.22% | 55.93% |
MEDBX | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Distribution Frequency | None | Quarterly | Monthly | Monthly |
MEDBX | Category Low | Category High | MEDBX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income Ratio | 2.70% | -2.28% | 8.00% | 95.14% |
MEDBX | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Annually | Annually | Annually |
Date | Amount | Type |
---|---|---|
Sep 30, 2024 | $0.063 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 30, 2024 | $0.065 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 31, 2024 | $0.065 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 30, 2024 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 28, 2024 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 29, 2024 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 31, 2024 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 29, 2023 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 30, 2023 | $0.063 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 31, 2023 | $0.047 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 29, 2023 | $0.046 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 31, 2023 | $0.045 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 31, 2023 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 30, 2023 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 31, 2023 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 28, 2023 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 31, 2023 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 28, 2023 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 31, 2023 | $0.045 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 30, 2022 | $0.226 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 30, 2022 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 31, 2022 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 30, 2022 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 31, 2022 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 29, 2022 | $0.041 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 30, 2022 | $0.040 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 31, 2022 | $0.039 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 29, 2022 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 31, 2022 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 31, 2022 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 31, 2021 | $0.090 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 30, 2021 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 29, 2021 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 30, 2021 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 31, 2021 | $0.034 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 30, 2021 | $0.034 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 30, 2021 | $0.034 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 28, 2021 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 30, 2021 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 31, 2021 | $0.036 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 26, 2021 | $0.036 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 29, 2021 | $0.036 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 31, 2020 | $0.049 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 30, 2020 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 30, 2020 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 30, 2020 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 31, 2020 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 31, 2020 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 30, 2020 | $0.039 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 29, 2020 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 30, 2020 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 31, 2020 | $0.040 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 28, 2020 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 31, 2020 | $0.043 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 31, 2019 | $0.043 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 29, 2019 | $0.043 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 31, 2019 | $0.043 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 30, 2019 | $0.045 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 30, 2019 | $0.047 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 31, 2019 | $0.047 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 28, 2019 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 11, 2013 | $0.000 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 11, 2013 | $0.067 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 12, 2012 | $0.053 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 12, 2012 | $0.054 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 09, 2011 | $0.011 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 09, 2011 | $0.037 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 10, 2010 | $0.280 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 10, 2010 | $0.034 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 03, 2007 | $0.105 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 03, 2007 | $0.103 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 01, 2006 | $0.078 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 01, 2006 | $0.112 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 01, 2005 | $0.335 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 01, 2005 | $0.115 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 01, 2004 | $0.208 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 01, 2004 | $0.098 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Nov 02, 2004 | $0.057 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 04, 2004 | $0.060 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 02, 2004 | $0.063 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 03, 2004 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 02, 2004 | $0.064 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 02, 2004 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 04, 2004 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 02, 2004 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 02, 2004 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 03, 2004 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 02, 2004 | $0.067 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 02, 2003 | $0.067 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 01, 2003 | $0.370 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 01, 2003 | $0.114 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Nov 04, 2003 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 02, 2003 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 03, 2003 | $0.054 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 04, 2003 | $0.049 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 02, 2003 | $0.047 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 03, 2003 | $0.053 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 02, 2003 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 02, 2003 | $0.054 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 04, 2003 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 04, 2003 | $0.064 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 01, 2003 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 03, 2002 | $0.108 | ExtraDividend |
Dec 03, 2002 | $0.016 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Dec 03, 2002 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 02, 2002 | $0.070 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 02, 2002 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 04, 2002 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Jul 24, 1998
23.87
23.9%
Matthew W. Ryan, CFA, is an investment officer and a portfolio manager of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Before joining the firm in 1997, Matt worked for four years as an economist at the International Monetary Fund and for five years as an international economist with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He was named a portfolio manager at MFS in 1998. He is a graduate of Williams College and earned a master's degree in international economics and foreign policy from Johns Hopkins University. Matt also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Jul 01, 2008
13.92
13.9%
Ward Brown, CFA, Ph.D., is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is a member of the Emerging Markets Debt team, and his duties include managing the firm's emerging market debt strategies in addition to conducting macroeconomic research and individual credit analysis. Ward joined MFS in 2005 as a fixed-income research analyst and was named portfolio manager in 2008. Prior to joining MFS, he served as an economist for the International Monetary Fund for eight years. Ward spent four years as a research and teaching assistant for the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics and Political Science and later served as a lecturer at the school in the Economics Department. Ward earned his bachelor's degree from McGill University and holds a master's and a doctoral degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Sep 01, 2019
2.75
2.8%
Neeraj Arora is an investment officer and fixed income research analyst for MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is a member of the portfolio management team for the firm's Strategic Income strategy, responsible for managing the emerging market debt securities within the strategy. He is a member of the firm's emerging market debt team and works closely with MFS' emerging markets debt portfolio management team to identify attractive investment opportunities. Neeraj joined MFS in 2011. He was previously a vice president and research analyst at J.P. Morgan. He added portfolio management responsibilities in 2018. He earned a bachelor's degree from Marquette University and holds a Master's of Business Administration from Georgetown University.
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.15 | 23.87 | 6.49 | 6.11 |
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