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VBF Income Quality Score

Invesco Bond Fund (VBF) has an Income Quality Score of 36/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Invesco Bond Fund (VBF) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 10-year
Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis
Data-drivenObjective scoring across 4 quality, distribution and risk signals
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IQ Score
36/100
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
307 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
July 31, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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VBFInvesco Bond Fund
36Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updatedMethodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-072026-072026-07-17 · 48.7 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 48.8 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 49.0 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 48.8 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 48.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 48.3 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 48.6 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 48.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 47.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 48.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 36.0 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v3-direct-dist6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-07

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

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

Economic Payout Coverage
35/100
Working Capital Preservation
59/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
44/100

What to watch

  • Distributions exceed long-term total return
  • 3+ years with a material annual distribution decline

Flags & gates

  • Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

10Years raised
3Years cut
27Years of data
HeldCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 20000.68Held
  2. 20011.37Raised
  3. 20021.275Lower total
  4. 20031.1651Lower total
  5. 20041.055Lower total
  6. 20050.982Lower total
  7. 20060.952Lower total
  8. 20070.928Lower total
  9. 20081.16Raised
  10. 20090.935Lower total
  11. 20101.005Raised
  12. 20111.3693Raised
  13. 20121.5155Raised
  14. 20131.1907Lower total
  15. 20141.3861Raised
  16. 20150.9491Lower total
  17. 20160.8436Lower total
  18. 20171.0088Cut
  19. 20180.9063Lower total
  20. 20191.0481Cut
  21. 20201.5013Raised
  22. 20210.669Cut
  23. 20220.722Raised
  24. 20230.8071Raised
  25. 20240.85Raised
  26. 20250.8415Held
  27. 20260.469Partial 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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