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MSD Income Quality Score

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. (MSD) has an Income Quality Score of 47/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. (MSD) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 Snapshot · Delayed
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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis
Data-drivenObjective scoring across 4 quality, distribution and risk signals
Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.
IQ Score Delayed
47/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
NYSE
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
221 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
June 30, 2026
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MSDMorgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.
47Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-06
Data as of
2026-06-30
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

Not enough published history yet to draw a trend.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
38/100
Working Capital Preservation
65/100
Distribution Cut Score
40/100
Distribution Trend
63/100

What is working

  • Working capital preserved over time
  • Distributions growing year-over-year

What to watch

  • 1–2 years with a material annual distribution decline

Distribution Safety

13Years raised
2Years cut
33Years of data
CutCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19940.43Held
  2. 19951.72Raised
  3. 19961.08Lower total
  4. 19970.91Lower total
  5. 19981.11Raised
  6. 19991.01Lower total
  7. 20000.87Lower total
  8. 20010.85Lower total
  9. 20020.66Lower total
  10. 20030.7514Raised
  11. 20041.0157Raised
  12. 20050.9441Lower total
  13. 20060.7708Lower total
  14. 20070.6616Lower total
  15. 20080.8623Raised
  16. 20090.6381Lower total
  17. 20101.05Raised
  18. 20110.6568Lower total
  19. 20120.6301Lower total
  20. 20130.9705Raised
  21. 20140.57Lower total
  22. 20150.6025Raised
  23. 20160.625Raised
  24. 20170.58Lower total
  25. 20180.54Lower total
  26. 20190.52Lower total
  27. 20200.4325Cut
  28. 20210.45Raised
  29. 20220.48Raised
  30. 20230.7575Raised
  31. 20240.915Raised
  32. 20250.73Cut
  33. 20260.29Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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