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Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund, Inc  as of 02/05/2010

NYSE / MSY Asset Class:  High Yield Fds Leveraged 1 YR Lipper Avg:  58.40%

Growth of $10K

Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Avg Annual Total Return %
  10 YR 5 YR 1 YR YTD
Market Return 2.43% 5.33% 41.09% -2.82%
Lipper Pct. Rank 85 26 76 79
NAV Return 2.12% 4.22% 36.77% -0.26%
Lipper Pct. Rank 85 36 79 87
Premium/Discount History

Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Premium/Discount
10 YR Avg 5 YR Avg YTD Avg
-5.241% -11.832% -10.370%

NAV $5.78 Market Price $5.36
Net Change -$0.04 Market Change -$0.10
Premium/Discount -7.27%
1 YR NAV Return 36.773%
1 YR NAV Rank 79
12-Mo Yield as of 12/31/2009 Yield Def
Income Only Yield 8.94%
Distribution Yield (Market) 10.34%
Most Recent Income Dividend $0.045
Ex-Div Date 1/27/2010
Most Recent Cap Gain Dividend $0.769
Ex-Div Date 12/29/1998
Dividend Frequency Monthly
YTD Dividends $0.565
YTD Capital Gains --
Inception Date 11/30/1993
Fund Advisor Morgan Stanley Investment Mgmt Inc
Manager & Tenure Findling since 2008
Schaney since 2008
Phone 800-231-2608
Website www.morganstanley.com/im
Annual Report   Free Download
Total Net Assets (mil) as of 1/31/2010 $67.9
% Leveraged Assets as of 12/31/2008 12.42%
Portfolio Turnover 51.00%
Mgmt Fees 0.755%
Expense Ratio 1.570%
Fund Objective
The Fund seeks a high level of current income as its primary investment objective and capital appreciation as a secondary objective.
Total Net Assets by Category (as of 9/30/2009)
Cash‡ -16.80%
Corporate Notes/Bonds 121.68%
Foreign US$ Denominated Notes/Bonds 12.28%
Money Market 4.04%
Other Mortgage 1.01%
Preferred Stock 0.36%
Treasury Bill‡ -22.57%
Quality (as of 9/30/2009)
Short-Term‡ -12.76%
BB 58.04%
B 53.13%
CCC 15.64%
BBB 4.68%
Not Rated 2.47%
Other 0.36%
AAA‡ -21.56%
‡ Funds with leveraged assets express a negative value.



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