BlackRock Energy & Resources Inv C  SSGDX
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Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Equity Energy Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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   Medium
   Growth
  
  
As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.05
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 22.68
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
67.26%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
1,020
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: BlackRock Energy & Resources Inv C
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Equity Energy
Index: S&P 500 TR
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1993-06-01 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 59.59 103.30 -0.94 9.85 20.28 12.40
+/- Category 24.79 84.20 -0.23 -0.39 7.68 ---
+/- S&P 500 TR 36.07 54.50 4.96 9.17 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 57.63 -9.20 1.07 11.88 19.20 12.62
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 54.31 24.45 -1.85 11.10 20.28 12.40
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 16.83 -6.40 7.24 18.10 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 20.45 -2.19 9.03 18.22 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 65 funds), (5 yrs : out of 45 funds), (10 yrs : out of 24 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 0.09
Software 0.00
Hardware 0.09
Media 0.00
Telecommunications 0.00
Service 2.73
Healthcare 0.00
Consumer Services 0.00
Business Services 0.00
Financial Services 2.73
Manufacturing 97.17
Consumer Goods 0.02
Industrial Materials 30.42
Energy 64.07
Utilities 2.67
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 7.6
Stocks 92.2
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.2
Foreign Stocks 25.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 137 Turnover % 32
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % 0.00
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 41.39 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector P/E YTD
Return %		 % of Net
Assets
Blackrock Liquidity Funds Tempfund Portfolio --- --- --- 7.56
Southwestern Energy Company 17.67 43.22 6.42
Petrohawk Energy Corporation --- 34.93 5.18
Plains Exploration & Production Company --- 13.55 4.54
Consol Energy, Inc. 11.90 62.35 4.48
Massey Energy Company 20.28 176.79 4.38
Newfield Exploration Company --- 108.20 4.15
Peabody Energy Corporation 6.27 100.62 3.57
Penn Virginia Corporation 8.81 -29.54 3.05
Heritage Oil PLC --- --- 2.93
Data through 2009-06-30
YTD Return through 2009-11-20
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1993-06-01
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Daniel J. Rice, III  (1990-03-02)
Rice joined BlackRock following the merger with State Street Research & Management (SSRM) in 2005. Prior to joining BlackRock, he had been a senior vice president and a portfolio manager of the State Street Research Global Resources Fund since its inception in March 1990. He was employed by SSRM beginning in 1984.
Denis J Walsh, III  (2004-01-28)
Walsh joined BlackRock following the merger with State Street Research & Management (SSRM) in 2005. Walsh was a Managing Director and was an energy analyst for the State Street Research Global Resources Fund beginning in 1999. Walsh holds the Charted Financial Analyst designation.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-01-28)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.96
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-09-30)
Correspondence Information
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Telephone:
800-882-0052
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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