securities with comparable short-term NRSRO
ratings, or (iii) unrated securities determined by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) to be of comparable quality. If two or more NRSROs have assigned different ratings to a security, the Adviser uses
the lowest rating assigned.
The Fund will primarily invest in junk bonds rated from B- through BB+
by an NRSRO or, if unrated, deemed to be of comparable quality by the Adviser.
The Fund may invest in preferred stocks and convertible securities, which are securities that generally pay interest and may be converted into common stock.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign securities. With regard to foreign security holdings, up to 15% of the Fund’s net assets may be in securities of
issuers located in emerging markets countries, i.e., those that are generally in the early stages of their industrial cycles. The Fund may also invest in securities not considered foreign securities that carry foreign credit
exposure.
The Fund may purchase mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities such as collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and collateralized
debt obligations (CDOs) of any rating. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid or thinly traded investments. The Fund also may invest in securities that are subject to resale restrictions such as those
contained in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Fund may also purchase municipal securities. The Fund’s investments may include securities that do not produce immediate cash
income, such as zero coupon securities and payment-in-kind securities. The Fund may also invest, subject to an overall 15% limit, in loans, in loan participations or assignments.
The Fund may invest in securities of any maturity or duration.
The Fund can invest in derivative instruments, including swap contracts,
options, futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts.
The Fund can use swap contracts, including interest rate swaps, to seek to
hedge or adjust its exposure to interest rates. The Fund can also use swap contracts, including credit default swaps, to gain or reduce exposure to an asset class or a particular issue. The Fund can further use swap contracts, including credit default
index swaps, to seek to hedge credit risk or take a position on a basket of credit entities and to gain or reduce exposure to an asset class or a particular issue; and use total return swaps to gain exposure to a reference
asset.
The Fund can use options, including credit default swap options, to gain
the right to enter into a credit default swap at a specified future date. The Fund can further
use swaptions (options on swaps) to manage interest rate risk; currency options to manage currency exposure; and options on bond or rate futures to manage interest rate exposure.
The Fund can use futures contracts, including interest rate futures, to
increase or reduce its exposure to interest rate changes. The Fund can also use currency futures
contracts and/or forward foreign currency contracts to seek to hedge against adverse movements in the foreign currencies in which portfolio securities are denominated.
Derivatives and other instruments that provide investment exposure to the
investments that are subject to the 80% investment policy stated above and derivatives that provide investment exposure to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments may be included in the Fund's 80% investment policy.
The Fund is an investment option for wrap fee, separately managed and other discretionary accounts (commonly referred to as SMAs) for which Invesco or its affiliates receive
compensation pursuant to an investment management agreement.
In selecting securities for the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser focuses on securities that it believes have favorable prospects for high current income and the possibility of growth of
capital. The Adviser conducts a bottom-up fundamental analysis of an issuer before its securities are purchased by the Fund. The fundamental analysis involves an evaluation by a team of credit analysts of an issuer’s
financial statements in order to assess its financial
condition. The credit analysts also assess the ability of an issuer to reduce its leverage (i.e., the amount
of borrowed debt).
The bottom-up fundamental analysis is supplemented by an ongoing review of the securities’ relative value compared with other junk bonds, and a top-down analysis of
sector and macro-economic trends, such as changes in interest rates.
The portfolio managers attempt to control the Fund’s risk by limiting the portfolio’s assets that are invested in any one security, and by diversifying the portfolio’s
holdings over a number of different industries. Although the Fund is actively managed, it is reviewed regularly against its style-specific benchmark index (the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Ba/B 2% Issuer Cap Index) to assess the
portfolio’s relative risk and its positioning.
Decisions to purchase or sell
securities are determined by the relative value considerations of the portfolio managers that factor in economic and credit-related fundamentals, market supply and demand, market dislocations and situation-specific
opportunities. The purchase or sale of securities may be related to a decision to alter the Fund’s macro risk exposure (such as duration, yield curve positioning and sector exposure), a need to limit or reduce the
Fund’s exposure to a particular security or issuer, degradation of an issuer’s credit quality, or general liquidity needs of the Fund.
In attempting
to meet its investment objective or to manage subscription and redemption requests, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
As with any mutual fund investment, loss of money is a risk of investing. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. The risks associated with an investment in the Fund can increase during times of significant market volatility. The principal risks of investing in the Fund
are:
Market Risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will
go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. The value of the Fund’s investments may
go up or down due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to the particular issuer. These market conditions may include real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in trade regulation or
economic sanctions, changes in the general outlook for revenues or corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, regional or global instability and uncertainty, natural or environmental disasters,
widespread disease or other public health issues, war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, economic crisis or adverse investor sentiment generally, among others. Certain changes in the U.S. economy in particular, such as when the U.S.
economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have a material adverse effect on global financial markets as a whole, and on the securities to which the Fund has exposure. Increasingly strained relations
between the U.S. and foreign countries, including as a result of economic sanctions and tariffs, may also adversely affect U.S. issuers, as well as non-U.S. issuers.
During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes
may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
High Yield Debt Securities (Junk
Bond) Risk. Compared to higher quality debt securities, high yield debt securities (also referred to as junk bonds or below-investment grade
bonds) and other lower-rated securities involve a greater risk of default or price changes due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer. Compared to higher quality debt securities, high yield debt securities are more
likely to be unsecured and are more likely to be subordinated to other creditors' claims. High yield debt securities often are issued by smaller, less creditworthy companies or by highly leveraged (for example, indebted) firms. High
yield debt securities are considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay