C000017390 Performance — TCW High Yield Bond Fund, N Class

Data updated: 2025-01-10

C000017390 returned +14.48% over one year to Oct 2024. Annualised returns are +2.41% over 3 years and +4.16% over 5 years. Against its High Yield Bond category average the fund came out ahead over three years but behind over one: $100 invested three years ago grew to $107, against $107 for the category, and to $114 over one year, against $115. Volatility over the past three years was 7.69% a year. In the 12 months to Oct 2024 the fund lost a net $15.7M, and assets reached $41.68M.

C000017390 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in TCW High Yield Bond Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the High Yield Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodC000017390Category average
1 year (Nov 2023 – Oct 2024)$114$115
3 years (Nov 2021 – Oct 2024)$107$107
5 years (Nov 2019 – Oct 2024)$123$119
Since data start (Aug 2019 – Oct 2024)$125$121

C000017390 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Oct 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+14.48%
3 years (annualised)+2.41%
5 years (annualised)+4.16%

C000017390 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of TCW High Yield Bond Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Oct)+6.36%
2023+10.33%
2022−8.90%
2021+3.21%
2020+9.73%
2019 (Aug–Dec)+2.88%

C000017390 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024+0.3%+0.1%+0.6%−1.2%+1.1%+0.8%+1.5%+1.5%+1.3%0.0%——
2023+3.0%−1.7%+1.3%+0.7%−1.0%+0.8%+1.3%+0.3%−1.0%−1.2%+4.2%+3.3%
2022−2.3%−1.2%−0.6%−3.4%+0.5%−5.6%+5.5%−1.7%−4.4%+2.4%+2.0%0.0%
2021+0.1%+0.1%−0.3%+0.7%+0.4%+1.0%+0.3%+0.6%+0.1%−0.3%−1.0%+1.5%
2020+0.3%+0.2%−7.3%+5.2%+2.9%+0.5%+4.0%+0.6%−1.1%+0.4%+3.0%+1.2%
2019———————+0.8%+0.3%+0.5%0.0%+1.2%

C000017390 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Nov 2021 – Oct 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 7.69%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.27 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +5.54% (Jul 2022)
  • Worst month: −5.56% (Jun 2022)

C000017390 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of TCW High Yield Bond Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$15.7M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $17.7M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.53×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Oct 2024$6.4M$7.2M−$846K
Sep 2024$677K$2.2M−$1.5M
Aug 2024$861K$1.2M−$295K
Jul 2024$1.1M$1.9M−$841K
Jun 2024$755K$1.7M−$982K
May 2024$880K$1.6M−$766K
Apr 2024$873K$2.1M−$1.2M
Mar 2024$824K$6.4M−$5.6M
Feb 2024$890K$3.7M−$2.8M
Jan 2024$1.2M$1.5M−$341K
Dec 2023$1.2M$1.3M−$72K
Nov 2023$2.0M$2.5M−$454K

C000017390 Assets Under Management

Net assets of TCW High Yield Bond Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-10-31$41.68M
2024-07-31$44.00M
2024-04-30$45.70M
2024-01-31$56.22M
2023-10-31$53.64M
2023-07-31$56.75M
2023-04-30$59.25M
2023-01-31$61.12M
2022-10-31$60.05M
2022-07-31$69.78M
2022-04-30$74.20M
2022-01-31$94.23M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.