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Name
As of 09/22/2023Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
YTD Return
2.8%
1 yr return
3.4%
3 Yr Avg Return
-0.5%
5 Yr Avg Return
1.3%
Net Assets
$2.81 B
Holdings in Top 10
26.1%
Expense Ratio 0.73%
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
Turnover 35.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Standard (Taxable)
$0
IRA
N/A
Fund Type
Open End Mutual Fund
Name
As of 09/22/2023Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
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MFS (Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the fund’s investment adviser) normally invests the fund’s assets primarily in debt instruments. Debt instruments include U.S. Government securities, corporate bonds, foreign government securities, securitized instruments (including mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities), and other obligations to repay money borrowed.
The fund’s dollar-weighted average effective maturity will normally not exceed five years.
MFS generally invests substantially all of the fund’s assets in investment grade quality debt instruments.
MFS invests the fund’s assets in U.S. securities and U.S. dollar-denominated foreign securities.
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 exposure, or as alternatives to direct investments. Derivatives include futures, forward contracts, options, and swaps.
MFS uses an active bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments for the fund. Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual instruments and their issuers. Quantitative screening tools that systematically evaluate instruments may also be considered. In structuring the fund, MFS also considers top-down factors.
Period | MQLHX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | 2.8% | -6.3% | 3.5% | 26.55% |
1 Yr | 3.4% | -11.5% | 0.9% | 38.58% |
3 Yr | -0.5%* | -7.0% | 1.3% | 45.28% |
5 Yr | 1.3%* | -4.3% | 1.2% | 43.67% |
10 Yr | 1.1%* | -20.8% | 0.3% | 57.14% |
* Annualized
Period | MQLHX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | -6.1% | -17.7% | -2.6% | 27.75% |
2021 | -1.6% | -4.0% | 4.4% | 54.75% |
2020 | 2.0% | -8.3% | 7.6% | 41.79% |
2019 | 2.0% | -2.3% | 9.3% | 44.69% |
2018 | -1.2% | -4.8% | 1.0% | 42.95% |
Period | MQLHX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | 2.8% | -4.5% | 6.2% | 26.55% |
1 Yr | 3.4% | -8.8% | 3.9% | 38.58% |
3 Yr | -0.5%* | -4.5% | 5.2% | 45.28% |
5 Yr | 1.3%* | -1.1% | 3.7% | 43.67% |
10 Yr | 1.1%* | -19.0% | 24.9% | 57.14% |
* Annualized
Period | MQLHX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | -4.5% | -13.3% | -1.3% | 40.36% |
2021 | -0.2% | -2.7% | 7.7% | 60.52% |
2020 | 4.4% | -4.4% | 14.5% | 44.27% |
2019 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 12.6% | 45.67% |
2018 | 1.0% | -2.6% | 6.4% | 41.88% |
MQLHX | Category Low | Category High | MQLHX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Assets | 2.81 B | 1.37 M | 103 B | 26.57% |
Number of Holdings | 421 | 4 | 4919 | 49.30% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 773 M | -23.9 M | 9.45 B | 28.85% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 26.08% | 1.7% | 100.0% | 50.44% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MQLHX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bonds | 93.13% | 49.71% | 194.71% | 35.84% |
Other | 5.23% | -2.59% | 10.19% | 50.52% |
Convertible Bonds | 4.53% | 0.00% | 27.71% | 20.84% |
Cash | 1.65% | -102.46% | 39.20% | 55.94% |
Stocks | 0.00% | -0.66% | 11.31% | 81.12% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 25.64% | 76.75% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MQLHX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Corporate | 50.74% | 0.00% | 100.00% | 32.05% |
Government | 21.72% | 0.00% | 73.63% | 41.33% |
Securitized | 18.86% | 0.00% | 97.27% | 73.03% |
Municipal | 1.81% | 0.00% | 17.46% | 10.68% |
Cash & Equivalents | 1.53% | 0.00% | 44.09% | 53.50% |
Derivative | 0.01% | 0.00% | 45.97% | 15.21% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MQLHX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | 93.13% | 0.00% | 165.96% | 33.22% |
Non US | 0.00% | 0.00% | 72.71% | 77.80% |
MQLHX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Expense Ratio | 0.73% | 0.01% | 19.98% | 45.86% |
Management Fee | 0.36% | 0.00% | 1.19% | 62.41% |
12b-1 Fee | 0.25% | 0.00% | 1.00% | 51.52% |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.01% | 0.50% | N/A |
MQLHX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Front Load | N/A | 0.50% | 5.75% | N/A |
Deferred Load | N/A | 0.50% | 4.00% | N/A |
MQLHX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Redemption Fee | N/A | 1.00% | 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.
MQLHX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Turnover | 35.00% | 2.00% | 500.00% | 16.10% |
MQLHX | Category Low | Category High | MQLHX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Yield | 3.71% | 0.00% | 10.77% | 58.67% |
MQLHX | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Distribution Frequency | Monthly | Quarterly | Monthly | Monthly |
MQLHX | Category Low | Category High | MQLHX % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income Ratio | 1.50% | -1.27% | 4.98% | 31.31% |
MQLHX | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Annually | Annually | Annually |
Date | Amount | Type |
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Dec 01, 2022 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2022 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 03, 2022 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2022 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2022 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2022 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2022 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 02, 2022 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2022 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2022 | $0.004 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2022 | $0.004 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2021 | $0.004 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2021 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2021 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2021 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2021 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 02, 2021 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2021 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2021 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 03, 2021 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2021 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2021 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2021 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2020 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2020 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 02, 2020 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2020 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2020 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 03, 2020 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2020 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2020 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2020 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2020 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 02, 2020 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 03, 2020 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2019 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 02, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 03, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2019 | $0.013 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 03, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2019 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2019 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2019 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2018 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 03, 2018 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 04, 2018 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2018 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 02, 2018 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2018 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2018 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 02, 2018 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2018 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2018 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 29, 2017 | $0.014 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2017 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 02, 2017 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2017 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 03, 2017 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2017 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2017 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2017 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2017 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 30, 2016 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 03, 2016 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2016 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2016 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2015 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2015 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2015 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2015 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2015 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 02, 2015 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jan 02, 2015 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2014 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2014 | $0.005 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2014 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 02, 2014 | $0.006 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2014 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2014 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 03, 2014 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2013 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 02, 2013 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2013 | $0.007 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2013 | $0.008 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 03, 2013 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2013 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2013 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2013 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2013 | $0.009 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2013 | $0.010 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2013 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jan 02, 2013 | $0.011 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 03, 2012 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2012 | $0.012 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2012 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 04, 2012 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2012 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 02, 2012 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2012 | $0.013 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2012 | $0.014 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 02, 2012 | $0.014 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2012 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2012 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jan 03, 2012 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2011 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2011 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 03, 2011 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2011 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2011 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2011 | $0.015 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2011 | $0.016 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 02, 2011 | $0.016 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2011 | $0.016 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2011 | $0.016 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2011 | $0.016 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jan 03, 2011 | $0.016 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2010 | $0.016 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2010 | $0.017 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2010 | $0.018 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2010 | $0.017 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 02, 2010 | $0.018 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2010 | $0.018 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2010 | $0.019 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 03, 2010 | $0.019 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2010 | $0.018 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2010 | $0.019 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2010 | $0.019 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jan 04, 2010 | $0.019 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2009 | $0.019 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 02, 2009 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2009 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2009 | $0.021 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 03, 2009 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2009 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2009 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2009 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2009 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 02, 2009 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 02, 2009 | $0.025 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2008 | $0.026 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2008 | $0.026 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 03, 2008 | $0.025 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2008 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 02, 2008 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2008 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2008 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 02, 2008 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2008 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 01, 2008 | $0.022 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 03, 2008 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2008 | $0.025 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 31, 2007 | $0.026 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 03, 2007 | $0.026 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2007 | $0.026 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 01, 2007 | $0.028 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 04, 2007 | $0.028 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2007 | $0.027 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 02, 2007 | $0.026 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2007 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2007 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 02, 2007 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2007 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2007 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 29, 2006 | $0.027 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2006 | $0.025 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2006 | $0.025 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 02, 2006 | $0.024 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 03, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 01, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Apr 03, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Mar 01, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Feb 01, 2006 | $0.023 | DailyAccrualFund |
Dec 01, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Nov 01, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Oct 03, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Sep 01, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Aug 01, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jul 01, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Jun 01, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
May 02, 2005 | $0.020 | DailyAccrualFund |
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Feb 01, 2017
5.33
5.3%
Alexander M. Mackey, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager with MFS Investment Management(r) (MFS(r)). He has portfolio management responsibilities on the firm's limited duration and multi-sector fixed income strategies. He also has research analyst responsibilities. Alexander joined MFS in 1998 as a financial control assistant and was promoted to section manager in 2000. He joined the Fixed Income Department as a research associate in 2001 was promoted to fixed income research analyst in 2004. He took on portfolio management responsibilities in 2017. Alexander has a bachelor's degree from Trinity College and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He is a member of the CFA Society of Boston.
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Feb 01, 2017
5.33
5.3%
Philipp S. Burgener, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager with MFS Investment Management(r) (MFS(r)). He is a member of the firm's limited duration portfolio management team. He also has research analyst responsibilities. Philipp joined MFS in 2000 as an inside wholesaler and transferred to the Fixed Income Department in 2002 as an analytic support associate in the Quantitative Group. In 2003 he joined the Structured Products Group and was promoted to an Investment Grade Research Analyst in 2005. He took on portfolio management responsibilities in 2017. Philipp earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and his Master of Science degree from Boston University. He is also a member of the CFA Institute and Boston Security Analysts Society, Inc.
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.07 | 28.77 | 6.07 | 2.41 |
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