AB Short Duration Income Portfolio

C000205394 Fund Overview

AB Short Duration Income Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Ab Bond Fund, Inc., categorised as Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

• Type: US mutual fund
• Manager: Ab Bond Fund, Inc.
• Category: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
• Assets under management: $104.90M
• 1-year return: 4.1%
• SEC CIK: 0000003794
• SEC series ID: S000063356
• Share class ID: C000205394

C000205394 Investment Objective and Strategy

AB Short Duration Income Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Ab Bond Fund, Inc..

Investment objective

The Funds investment objective is to seek high current income consistent with preservation of capital.

Principal investment strategy

The Fund pursues its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, in income-producing securities. The Fund also normally invests at least 65% of its total assets in investment grade debt securities of various types. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will typically maintain a dollar-weighted average duration of less than three years, although it may invest in securities of any duration or maturity. The Fund may invest in non-government fixed-income securities, including corporate debt securities, non-government mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, certificates of deposit and commercial paper. The Fund also invests in securities of U.S. and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities (including mortgage-backed securities), derivatives related to such securities, and repurchase agreements relating to U.S.

Government securities. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its net assets in below investment grade securities (commonly known as junk bonds). The Funds investments in foreign securities may include both government and corporate securities, and securities of emerging market countries or of issuers in emerging markets. The Adviser selects securities for purchase or sale based on its assessment of the securities risks and return characteristics as well as the securities impact on the overall risks and return characteristics of the Fund. In making this assessment, the Adviser takes into account various factors, including the credit quality and sensitivity to interest rates of the securities under consideration and of the Funds other holdings. The Fund may utilize derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, forwards and swaps.

The Fund may, for example, use interest rate futures contracts and swaps to establish exposure to the fixed-income markets or particular fixed-income securities. Derivatives may provide a more efficient and economical exposure to market segments than direct investments, and may also be a more efficient way to alter the Funds exposure. The Fund may also enter into transactions such as reverse repurchase agreements that are similar to borrowings for investment purposes. The Funds use of derivatives and these borrowing transactions may create aggregate exposure that is substantially in excess of its net assets, effectively leveraging the Fund. The Adviser may hedge the foreign currency exposure resulting from the Funds security positions, and may take long or short positions in currencies, through the use of currency-related derivatives.

C000205394 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of AB Short Duration Income Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

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C000205394 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of AB Short Duration Income Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000205394 Performance

Total returns for C000205394 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

C000205394 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000205394, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.1%

C000205394 Costs and Fees

C000205394 costs about $71 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 0.71%
• Gross expense ratio: 1.26%
• Portfolio turnover: 185%
• Brokerage commissions: 0.43 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000205394 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2024-04, AB Short Duration Income Portfolio had net inflows of $20.77M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

C000205394 Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of AB Short Duration Income Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000205394 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official AB Short Duration Income Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-26
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-06-30
• Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2022-02-02
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-06-25
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-03-28
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-12-21
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-01-12
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-01-09

Related Funds

Other Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond funds tracked on ABC INVEST:

• Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (VBMFX)
• Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund (VTBIX)
• Vanguard Total International Bond II Index Fund (VTIIX)
• iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG)
• Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund (VTIBX)

Data Sources

ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.