BHK BlackRock Core Bond Trust

Stock NYSE Financial Services

US$8.53 -0.12% Latest close

BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) trend channel, buy level and 3-month target on Trade The Path. Sector: Financial Services. Listed on NYSE. Levels below are fitted to this ticker's own swing highs and lows (Theil–Sen, log-price), then projected 3 months. If this ticker has no settled sample yet, treat the numbers as a geometric read, not a track record. Information only, not financial advice.

Mid-channel, going sideways on both timeframes

Price is between the two trend lines. Nothing to act on yet.

The next few months are read from the last 12 months, not the last 3 years: that channel fits this stock's recent turns at least as well (61% against 44%) and it is the one price is respecting now. The last 3 years stay as context: going sideways, +2% a year. The nearest ceiling overhead is US$8.99, from the last 3 years. What would overturn this: a close below US$8.02 β€” the floor of the channel being read β€” after which the trend, not the entry, is what was wrong.

3 years
US$8.86 – US$8.99 Sideways channel, +2% a year
12 months read from
US$8.02 – US$8.99 Sideways channel, βˆ’3% a year
Position in that channel
52% 0% at the floor, 100% at the ceiling

Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward

US$7.00US$8.00US$9.00US$10.0Oct 23Mar 24Aug 24Jan 25June 25Nov 25Apr 26Sept 26 today Buy nowTarget Buy now US$8.54 Β· est. 16 Sept 26Our target US$8.93 Β· est. 15 Dec 26
  • Daily close
  • Upper trend line (3 years)
  • Lower trend line (3 years)
  • The same lines over the last 12 months
  • Dashed after today: projected 3 months
  • Our buy
  • Our target

Our target

No published call today because price has broken 3.7% below the channel floor, which is a fall out of the trend rather than a dip within it. No alerts are sent. The buy and target below are still this site's read of the fitted channel.

Buy now

US$8.53

last close Β· 17 Sept 2026

Channel buy is US$8.86; last close is the better price available now.

Our target

US$8.93

by 16 Dec 2026

Projected move

4.7%

gross, before costs

Last close is our buy β€” the best price available now.

Upper line touches
11
Lower line touches
10
Fit confidence
44%
Fitted
16 Sept 2026

About BlackRock Core Bond Trust

The BlackRock Core Bond Trust is a closed-end investment fund specializing in fixed income, established by BlackRock, Inc. and professionally managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. This vehicle primarily allocates its capital to high-quality debt instruments within the American bond markets. Its portfolio predominantly features investment-grade securities, such as corporate debt, government and agency-issued bonds, and mortgage-backed assets. The trust commenced operations on November 30, 2001, and is legally registered in the United States.

Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management - Bonds
CEO
Charles Choon Sik Park
Country
US

https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/products/240176/blackrock-core-bond-trust-usd-fund

Scorecard

Our own pillar scores, computed from the fundamentals below. They are not Morningstar ratings β€” that data is licensed and we do not redistribute it.

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Key statistics

Market cap
US$617.52M
Enterprise value
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Beta
0.66
Avg volume
304.68K
Revenue per share
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52-week range
8.535-10.12
Exchange
NYSE

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Trend lines are fitted statistically to past swing highs and lows and projected forward on the assumption the same rhythm continues. It often does not. This is information, not advice.