# Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC): Mutual Fund Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/jqc for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: Nuveen · Asset class: Bond - Strategy: Actively Managed · Inception: 2003-06-26 The Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, a closed-end balanced mutual fund, was established by Nuveen Investments, Inc. and is actively managed by Symphony Asset Management, LLC. This U.S.-domiciled fund, formed on June 25, 2003, and previously known as Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income & Growth Fund 2, strategically allocates capital within the fixed income and public equity markets of the United States. Its investment mandate specifically targets senior secured and second-lien loans, preferred securities, convertible securities, and other related instruments, with a primary objective to acqui... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $4.48 | | Expense Ratio | — | | Assets Under Management | $662.2M | | NAV | — | | Holdings Count | — | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 13.66% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $0.61 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Monthly | | 52-Week Range | $4.45 – $5.18 | | Beta | 0.39 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.0495 /share - Ex-date: 2026-10-15 - Pay date: 2026-11-02 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does JQC invest in? The Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, a closed-end balanced mutual fund, was established by Nuveen Investments, Inc. and is actively managed by Symphony Asset Management, LLC. This U.S.-domiciled fund, formed on June 25, 2003, and previously known as Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income & Growth Fund 2, strategically allocates capital within the fixed income and public equity markets of the United States. Its investment mandate specifically targets senior secured and second-lien loans, preferred securities, convertible securities, and other related instruments, with a primary objective to acquire investment-grade securities. Portfolio construction is grounded in a fundamental analysis approach, emphasizing bottom-up security selection. This analytical framework thoroughly considers elements such as prevailing interest rate levels, the evolving conditions and trends within both bond and equity markets, comparative valuations of preferred, convertible, and other debt instruments, alongside broader economic and market indicators like the overall economic outlook and inflation. The fund incorporates leverage into its operations and measures its performance against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. ### What is the expense ratio of JQC? An expense ratio for Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC) is not available from our data sources. Neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured prospectus and annual-report datasets report one for this share class. The fund's prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative fee. ### What is JQC's dividend yield? JQC's trailing-twelve-month yield is 13.66%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### What is the duration of JQC? Effective duration measures JQC's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. JQC's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. ### What is the credit quality of JQC? JQC's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds. ### What is the yield to maturity of JQC? Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from JQC if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. JQC's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid. ### Does JQC pay a dividend? Yes, Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC) distributes dividends to shareholders. The trailing-twelve-month yield is 13.66%. Full dividend history is on this page. ### How often does JQC pay dividends? Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund pays dividends Monthly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### When is JQC's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for JQC was 2026-10-15. The next ex-date typically follows Monthly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### Why is JQC's expense ratio not shown? Neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured filing datasets (prospectus fee tables and Form N-CEN annual reports, which we re-check monthly) report an expense ratio for Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC). That usually means the fund family doesn't register this share class's ticker in the SEC's machine-readable data, or the vehicle reports fees outside the standard fund forms. Rather than estimate, we leave it blank; the prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative number. ### How does JQC charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from JQC's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/jqc - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/jqc/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/jqc/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/jqc/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/jqc/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.