BHK vs ORC Comparison

Blackrock Core Bond Trust is a closed-ended management investment company. Its objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation. The trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 75% of its managed assets in bonds that are investment-grade quality at the time of investment. The trust, under a normal market scenario, will invest in a range of bonds, including corporate bonds, U.S. government and agency securities, and mortgage-related securities.

Orchid Island Capital Inc is a specialty finance company that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities. The principal and interest payments of its RMBS are guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Government National Mortgage Association, and are backed by single-family residential mortgage loans. The company's investment portfolio is divided into two categories namely traditional pass-through Agency RMBS; and structured Agency RMBS, such as collateralized mortgage obligations, interest-only securities, inverse interest-only securities, and principal-only securities, among other types of structured Agency RMBS.