AB Short Duration High Yield Portfolio

Strategy

Seeks high risk-adjusted returns by:

Building a fixed-income portfolio with an average duration of less than four years to reduce sensitivity to credit market sell-offs and interest rate moves
Focusing on higher-rated high-yield issuers
Employing hedging strategies designed to manage downside risk

Portfolio Management Team

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Investment Risks to Consider

These and other risks are described in the Fund's prospectus

Investment returns and principal value of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Some of the principal risks of investing in the Fund include:

Corporate debt obligations risk
Derivatives risk
Emerging-markets risk
Fixed-income securities risk
Lower-rated and unrated instruments risk
OTC derivatives counterparty risk
Portfolio turnover risk
Sovereign debt obligations risk
Structured investments risk

Fund Literature

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