JQC CEF — Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC)

Updated November 12, 2026.

JQC is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 13.05%, its trailing-12-month yield is 14.63%, its expense ratio is 2.0493%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 49/100 (Caution). Total return is 201.6% over the past 23.4 years, 868.7 points behind SPY at 1070.3%.

At the current 13.05% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $1,305 per year, or $108.75 per month.

JQC performance versus SPY

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is 201.6% over the past 23.4 years, 868.7 points behind SPY at 1070.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 0.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 7.9%.

JQC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

49 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

6.39%

Issuer

Nuveen

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

06/26/2003

Expense ratio

2.0493%

Distribution rate

13.05%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

14.63%

5-year average yield

11.07

Last close

$4.55 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

$5.33; NAV date unknown

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Average volume

685,147

Dividend

$0.0495

Ex-dividend date

11/13/2026

Payment date

12/01/2026

Beta

0.399

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (13.05%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.0495) × 12 ÷ market price dated 2026-11-12; one-off specials excluded; identified recurring supplementals included. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (14.63%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Nuveen; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

JQC risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 7.9%.

Who may consider JQC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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