BGT vs BKT Comparison

Blackrock Floating Rate Income Trust is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The company's secondary investment objective is to seek the preservation of capital. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing mainly, under normal conditions, at least 80% of its assets in floating and variable rate instruments of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, including a substantial portion of its assets in floating and variable rate securities including senior secured floating rate loans made to corporate and other business entities.

Blackrock Income Trust Inc is a diversified investment fund with an investment objective to manage a portfolio of high-quality securities to achieve both preservations of capital and high monthly income. The trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 65 percent of its assets in mortgage-backed securities. The Fund invests at least 80 percent of its assets in securities that are (i) issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities or (ii) rated at the time of investment either AAA by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Aaa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc (Moody's). The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.