AB HIGH INCOME FUND INC
AB HIGH INCOME FUND INC
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$3.14B
Holdings1
1046
Category
Taxable Bond
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of Jan. 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Funds investment objective is to seek to maximize total returns from price appreciation and income.

Strategy. The Fund pursues income opportunities from government, corporate, emerging market and high-yield sources. It has the flexibility to invest in a broad range of fixed-income securities in both developed and emerging market countries. The Funds investments may include U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt securities and sovereign debt securities. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in either U.S. Dollar-denominated or non-U.S. Dollar-denominated fixed-income securities. The Adviser selects securities for purchase or sale based on its assessment of the securities risk and return characteristics as well as the securities impact on the overall risk 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 … The Fund pursues income opportunities from government, corporate, emerging market and high-yield sources. It has the flexibility to invest in a broad range of fixed-income securities in both developed and emerging market countries. The Funds investments may include U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt securities and sovereign debt securities. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in either U.S. Dollar-denominated or non-U.S. Dollar-denominated fixed-income securities. The Adviser selects securities for purchase or sale based on its assessment of the securities risk and return characteristics as well as the securities impact on the overall risk 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 invest in debt securities with a range of maturities from short- to long-term. Substantially all of the Funds assets may be invested in lower-rated securities, which may include securities having the lowest rating for non-subordinated debt instruments ( i.e. , rated C by Moodys Ratings (Moodys) or CCC+ or lower by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) and Fitch Ratings (Fitch), or the equivalent by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO)), and unrated securities of equivalent investment quality. The Fund also may invest in investment grade securities and unrated securities. The Fund may invest in mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, loan participations and assignments, inflation-indexed securities, structured securities, variable, floating, and inverse floating-rate instruments and preferred stock, and may use other investment techniques. The Fund may also make short sales of securities or maintain a short position. The Fund may use borrowings or other leverage for investment purposes. The Fund intends, among other things, to enter into transactions such as reverse repurchase agreements and dollar rolls. The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, or swap agreements.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT

Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
117
Exited
89
Increased
58
Decreased
131
Unchanged
750

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
AllianceBernstein L.P. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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