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BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund (DABKX)
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BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund (DABKX)

Mutual Fund · Currency in USD · Last updated May 30, 2025

The fund normally allocates its assets across fixed-income investment strategies. It is designed to complement and diversify traditional bond portfolios. The fund normally allocates its assets among other investment companies (the underlying funds) that employ various fixed-income investment strategies, including those focusing on domestic and foreign corporate bonds, high yield securities ("junk" bonds), senior loans, emerging markets debt, municipal securities and Treasury and other inflation-protected securities (TIPS).

Fund Info

ISIN

US05588L8054

Issuer

Dreyfus

Inception Date

Mar 6, 2014

Category

Multisector Bonds

Min. Investment

$1,000

Asset Class

Bond

Expense Ratio

DABKX has an expense ratio of 0.12%, which is considered low.

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BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund

Performance

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Returns By Period

BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund (DABKX) returned 0.93% year-to-date (YTD) and 5.67% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, DABKX returned 3.28% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.84%.

DABKX

YTD

0.93%

1M

0.68%

6M

0.46%

1Y

5.67%

3Y*

4.85%

5Y*

3.75%

10Y*

3.28%

^GSPC (Benchmark)

YTD

0.52%

1M

6.32%

6M

-1.44%

1Y

12.25%

3Y*

12.45%

5Y*

14.20%

10Y*

10.84%

*Annualized

Monthly Returns

The table below presents the monthly returns of DABKX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20250.80%1.03%-1.13%-0.44%0.68%0.93%
20240.18%0.43%0.86%-0.74%0.87%0.79%1.31%1.20%1.14%-0.67%1.22%-0.64%6.09%
20233.18%-1.30%0.91%0.58%-0.64%1.23%0.88%-0.24%-1.23%-0.98%4.12%2.74%9.45%
2022-1.87%-1.13%-1.80%-2.58%-0.14%-3.65%3.14%-1.08%-3.70%0.33%3.53%-0.08%-8.92%
20210.64%-0.79%0.23%1.07%0.51%0.64%0.39%-0.06%-0.48%-0.31%0.02%0.67%2.55%
20201.14%-0.02%-9.11%1.31%3.71%1.73%2.81%0.73%-0.24%0.29%2.76%1.39%6.07%
20191.79%1.15%0.96%0.97%0.36%0.89%0.78%0.86%-0.30%-0.20%0.36%1.04%8.96%
20180.24%-0.39%-0.11%0.17%0.34%0.08%0.73%0.30%0.15%-0.63%-0.32%-0.62%-0.07%
20170.74%0.84%0.05%0.72%0.86%-0.00%0.94%0.52%0.11%0.36%-0.17%0.50%5.61%
2016-0.76%-0.06%2.30%1.59%0.49%0.90%1.06%0.99%0.16%-0.15%-1.61%1.05%6.07%
20151.04%0.43%0.21%0.25%0.01%-0.88%0.09%-0.84%-0.82%1.26%-0.62%-0.74%-0.63%
20140.24%0.80%1.06%0.24%-0.28%0.88%-0.57%0.66%0.01%-0.40%2.66%
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Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank

With an overall rank of 89, DABKX is among the top 11% of mutual funds on our website when it comes to balancing risk and reward. Below is a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.

The Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank of DABKX is 8989
Overall Rank
The Sharpe Ratio Rank of DABKX is 9090
Sharpe Ratio Rank
The Sortino Ratio Rank of DABKX is 8989
Sortino Ratio Rank
The Omega Ratio Rank of DABKX is 9090
Omega Ratio Rank
The Calmar Ratio Rank of DABKX is 8787
Calmar Ratio Rank
The Martin Ratio Rank of DABKX is 8787
Martin Ratio Rank
The risk-adjusted ranks indicate the investment's position relative to the market. A rank closer to 100 signifies top-performing investments, while a rank closer to 0 might suggest underperformance, based on the selected ratio. The values are calculated based on the past 12 months of returns.

Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators

The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund (DABKX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.

The Sharpe ratio helps investors understand how much return they're getting for the level of risk taken. A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance, meaning more reward for each unit of risk.

BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund Sharpe ratios as of May 30, 2025 (values are recalculated daily):

  • 1-Year: 1.87
  • 5-Year: 1.28
  • 10-Year: 0.99
  • All Time: 1.06

These values reflect how efficiently the investment has delivered returns relative to its volatility over different time periods. All figures are annualized and based on daily total returns (including price changes and dividends).

The chart below shows the rolling Sharpe ratio of BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund compared to the selected benchmark. This view highlights how the investment's risk-adjusted performance has changed over time.

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Dividends

Dividend History

BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund provided a 5.39% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.60 per share. The fund has been increasing its distributions for 3 consecutive years.

3.00%3.50%4.00%4.50%5.00%5.50%$0.00$0.10$0.20$0.30$0.40$0.50$0.6020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Dividends
Dividend Yield
PeriodTTM20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Dividend$0.60$0.61$0.53$0.53$0.40$0.63$0.43$0.54$0.49$0.50$0.52$0.33

Dividend yield

5.39%5.47%4.79%4.99%3.27%5.10%3.46%4.61%3.99%4.13%4.33%2.65%

Monthly Dividends

The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2025$0.00$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.17
2024$0.00$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.04$0.05$0.15$0.61
2023$0.00$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.04$0.05$0.05$0.04$0.11$0.53
2022$0.00$0.02$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.04$0.03$0.04$0.05$0.20$0.53
2021$0.00$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.09$0.40
2020$0.00$0.04$0.03$0.04$0.04$0.03$0.06$0.09$0.03$0.07$0.08$0.12$0.63
2019$0.00$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.02$0.03$0.03$0.02$0.03$0.09$0.43
2018$0.00$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.04$0.03$0.02$0.17$0.54
2017$0.00$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.07$0.01$0.03$0.04$0.11$0.49
2016$0.00$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.10$0.50
2015$0.00$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.10$0.52
2014$0.03$0.04$0.03$0.04$0.04$0.03$0.04$0.07$0.33

Drawdowns

Drawdowns Chart

The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.

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Worst Drawdowns

The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.

The maximum drawdown for the BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund was 15.55%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 113 trading sessions.

The current BNY Mellon Yield Enhancement Strategy Fund drawdown is 0.90%.

Depth

Start

To Bottom

Bottom

To Recover

End

Total

-15.55%Feb 26, 202019Mar 23, 2020113Sep 1, 2020132
-13.02%Sep 17, 2021278Oct 24, 2022338Feb 29, 2024616
-4.69%Apr 28, 2015201Feb 11, 201652Apr 27, 2016253
-3.69%Mar 3, 202528Apr 9, 2025———
-2.09%Oct 26, 201626Dec 1, 201643Feb 3, 201769
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Volatility

Volatility Chart

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