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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-10543

Name of Fund: BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Core Bond Trust, 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 08/31/2008

Date of reporting period: 09/01/2008 – 11/30/2008


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
  Asset-Backed Securities   (000 )   Value
  Chase Issuance Trust Series 2007-A17 Class A, 5.12%,          
  10/15/14   USD 2,300   $ 2,085,634
  Chase Issuance Trust Series 2008-A9 Class A9, 4.26%,          
  5/15/13   2,525     2,304,684
  Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust Series 2005-B Class          
  A4, 4.88%, 6/15/12   1,888     1,874,038
  Citibank Omni Master Trust Series 2007-A9A Class A9,          
  1.608%, 12/23/13 (a)   2,720     2,597,168
  Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2006-13          
  Class 3AV2, 0.621%, 1/25/37 (a)   1,758     1,296,532
  Daimler Chrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-A Class A3, 5%,          
  5/08/10   516     512,966
  Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2005-2 Class A2,          
  4.07%, 2/15/12   1,294     1,253,865
  Home Equity Asset Trust Series 2007-2 Class 2A1,          
  0.581%, 7/25/37 (a)   693     606,640
  JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. Series 2007-CH5          
  Class A3, 0.581%, 6/25/37 (a)   3,635     2,973,430
  MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust Series 2006-A1 Class          
  A1, 4.90%, 7/15/11   2,825     2,813,388
  SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2005-5 Class A1, 3.535%,          
  1/25/18 (a)   195     195,149
  SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-5 Class A2, 4.635%,          
  10/25/16 (a)   3,200     3,081,306
  SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-5 Class A3, 4.835%,          
  1/25/18 (a)   810     734,668
  SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-5 Class A4, 5.235%,          
  7/25/23 (a)   2,180     1,954,486
  Small Business Administration Series 2003-P10B Class 1,          
  5.136%, 8/10/13   820     823,136
  Small Business Administration Series 2004-P10B Class 1,          
  4.754%, 8/10/14   491     482,713
  Sterling Bank Trust Series 2004-2 Class Note, 2.081%,          
  3/30/30 (b)   7,069     410,886
  Sterling Coofs Trust Series 1, 2.362%, 4/15/29 (b)   9,625     646,702
  USAA Auto Owner Trust Series 2006-1 Class A4, 5.04%,          
  12/15/11   2,725     2,637,859
  Total Asset-Backed Securities - 10.2%         29,285,250
Industry Corporate Bonds          
Aerospace & Defense - 1.1% DRS Technologies, Inc., 6.875%, 11/01/13   70     69,475
  DRS Technologies, Inc., 7.625%, 2/01/18   80     79,400
  Hexcel Corp., 6.75%, 2/01/15   60     45,600
  Honeywell International, Inc., 5.70%, 3/15/37   975     874,546
  Northrop-Grumman Corp., 7.875%, 3/01/26   960     1,088,227

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
Industry Corporate Bonds   (000 )   Value
  United Technologies Corp., 4.875%, 5/01/15   USD 1,125   $ 1,108,605
            3,265,853
Air Freight &
Logistics - 0.6%
Park-Ohio Industries, Inc., 8.375%, 11/15/14   120     49,200
  United Parcel Service, Inc., 6.20%, 1/15/38   1,650     1,595,972
            1,645,172
Airlines - 0.0% American Airlines, Inc. Series 99-1, 7.324%, 4/15/11   115     101,200
Auto Components - 0.0% Lear Corp., 8.75%, 12/01/16   250     53,750
Automobiles - 0.1% Ford Capital BV, 9.50%, 6/01/10   600     216,000
Building Products - 0.1% CPG International I, Inc., 10.50%, 7/01/13   200     112,000
  Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 11.50%,          
  12/01/16   215     56,975
            168,975
Capital Markets - 0.4% Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 4.519%,          
  9/15/22 (c)(d)   525     47,250
  Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. Series MTN, 7%,          
  9/27/27 (c)(d)   1,250     125,000
  Morgan Stanley, 4.57%, 1/09/12 (a)   190     150,560
  Morgan Stanley, 6.25%, 8/28/17 (e)   875     715,742
  Morgan Stanley Series F, 5.55%, 4/27/17   140     110,793
            1,149,345
Chemicals - 0.5% American Pacific Corp., 9%, 2/01/15   250     217,500
  Ames True Temper, Inc., 8.753%, 1/15/12 (a)   650     338,000
  Innophos, Inc., 8.875%, 8/15/14   885     752,250
  Key Plastics LLC, 11.75%, 3/15/13 (c)(d)(f)   515     25,750
  Terra Capital, Inc. Series B, 7%, 2/01/17   80     57,800
            1,391,300
Commercial Banks - 2.8% DEPFA ACS Bank, 5.125%, 3/16/37 (f)   3,775     3,618,187
  HSBC Bank USA NA, 5.875%, 11/01/34   775     639,587
  HSBC Finance Corp., 6.50%, 5/02/36   300     252,001
  SunTrust Bank Series CD, 4.415%, 6/15/09   1,265     1,272,799
  Wachovia Bank NA, 6.60%, 1/15/38   1,925     1,650,820
  Wells Fargo & Co., 4.875%, 1/12/11   435     430,277
            7,863,671
Commercial Services & DI Finance Series B, 9.50%, 2/15/13   598     508,300
Supplies - 0.6% Sally Holdings LLC, 10.50%, 11/15/16   281     162,980
  Waste Services, Inc., 9.50%, 4/15/14   590     448,400
  West Corp., 11%, 10/15/16   1,100     473,000
            1,592,680
Communications Nortel Networks Ltd., 9.003%, 7/15/11 (a)   670     217,750
Equipment - 0.1%            
Computers & International Business Machines Corp., 5.70%,          
Peripherals - 1.5% 9/14/17 (e)   3,125     2,987,513
  International Business Machines Corp., 8%, 10/15/38   1,100     1,221,933
            4,209,446
Consumer Finance - 0.1% SLM Corp. Series A, 3.835%, 1/27/14 (a)   550     290,279

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
Industry Corporate Bonds   (000 )   Value
Containers & Crown Americas LLC, 7.75%, 11/15/15   USD 150   $ 135,750
Packaging - 0.7% Impress Holdings BV, 7.878%, 9/15/13 (a)(f)   300     180,750
  Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.,          
  8.25%, 5/15/13   1,500     1,410,000
  Pregis Corp., 12.375%, 10/15/13   545     299,750
            2,026,250
Diversified Financial Bank of America Corp., 6%, 9/01/17   1,590     1,504,394
Services - 6.2% Bank of America NA, 6.10%, 6/15/17 (e)   1,975     1,825,826
  Citigroup, Inc., 3.625%, 2/09/09 (g)   3,950     3,911,630
  Citigroup, Inc., 4.125%, 2/22/10 (e)(g)   4,790     4,583,877
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 7.569%, 1/13/12 (a)   125     55,000
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 7.80%, 6/01/12   340     146,645
  General Electric Capital Corp., 6.15%, 8/07/37   5,230     4,428,727
  General Electric Capital Corp., 5.875%, 1/14/38   295     241,508
  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6%, 1/15/18   125     120,647
  Structured Asset Repackaged Trust, 4.919%, 1/21/10   1,268     862,379
            17,680,633
Diversified Telecommunication AT&T, Inc., 6.45%, 6/15/34   780     627,702
Services - 4.6% AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38   600     485,252
  BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., 6.027%,          
  12/15/95 (h)   1,700     545,858
  Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 7.25%, 7/15/13   210     172,200
  Comcast Cable Holdings LLC, 7.875%, 8/01/13   10     9,615
  Qwest Communications International, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/14   180     117,000
  Qwest Corp., 5.246%, 6/15/13 (a)   470     329,000
  Telecom Italia Capital SA, 4.95%, 9/30/14   1,075     784,750
  Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6%, 9/30/34   1,550     945,500
  Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 7.045%, 6/20/36   1,975     1,634,617
  Telefonica Europe BV, 7.75%, 9/15/10   725     722,463
  Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.40%, 2/15/38 (e)   2,125     1,721,983
  Verizon Communications, Inc., 8.95%, 3/01/39   900     923,387
  Verizon Global Funding Corp., 7.75%, 12/01/30   70     62,269
  Verizon Maryland, Inc. Series B, 5.125%, 6/15/33   125     78,643
  Verizon New Jersey, Inc., 5.875%, 1/17/12   335     314,304
  Verizon New Jersey, Inc., 7.85%, 11/15/29   230     186,882
  Verizon Virginia, Inc. Series A, 4.625%, 3/15/13 (e)   3,150     2,754,647
  Wind Acquisition Finance SA, 10.75%, 12/01/15 (f)   350     287,000
  Windstream Corp., 8.125%, 8/01/13   500     412,500
  Windstream Corp., 8.625%, 8/01/16   230     179,400
            13,294,972
Electric Utilities - 4.1% Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 6.10%, 6/01/37   315     278,341
  Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 6%, 1/15/38   825     755,996
  E.ON International Finance BV, 6.65%, 4/30/38 (f)   1,525     1,331,066
  EDP Finance BV, 6%, 2/02/18 (f)   1,125     956,944

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
Industry Corporate Bonds   (000 )   Value
  Edison Mission Energy, 7.50%, 6/15/13   USD 115   $ 93,725
  Elwood Energy LLC, 8.159%, 7/05/26   116     84,882
  Florida Power & Light Co., 4.95%, 6/01/35   950     803,729
  Florida Power Corp., 6.35%, 9/15/37   1,325     1,265,511
  Florida Power Corp., 6.40%, 6/15/38   875     841,061
  Midwest Generation LLC Series B, 8.56%, 1/02/16   75     66,868
  PacifiCorp., 6.25%, 10/15/37   575     531,580
  Public Service Co. of Colorado, 6.25%, 9/01/37   1,200     1,130,936
  Southern California Edison Co., 5.625%, 2/01/36   625     566,421
  Southern California Edison Co. Series 05-E, 5.35%,          
  7/15/35   125     108,991
  Southern California Edison Co. Series 08-A, 5.95%,          
  2/01/38   1,075     1,017,706
  The Toledo Edison Co., 6.15%, 5/15/37   350     257,830
  Virginia Electric and Power Co. Series A, 6%, 5/15/37   2,000     1,654,574
            11,746,161
Electronic Equipment & Sanmina-SCI Corp., 8.125%, 3/01/16   1,190     535,500
Instruments - 0.2%            
Energy Equipment & Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas, 7.50%,          
Services - 0.5% 5/15/15   55     35,750
  Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas, 7.75%,          
  5/15/17   90     55,238
  North American Energy Partners, Inc., 8.75%,          
  12/01/11   85     63,750
  Transocean, Inc., 6.80%, 3/15/38   1,100     934,853
  Weatherford International, Inc., 6.80%, 6/15/37   625     463,711
            1,553,302
Food & Staples CVS Caremark Corp., 6.25%, 6/01/27   775     623,016
Retailing - 1.5% The Pantry, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/14   1,000     700,000
  Rite Aid Corp., 7.50%, 3/01/17   505     287,850
  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 6.50%, 8/15/37   1,900     1,851,596
  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 6.20%, 4/15/38   850     813,470
            4,275,932
Food Products - 0.5% Kraft Foods, Inc., 7%, 8/11/37   1,455     1,296,495
Gas Utilities - 0.1% El Paso Natural Gas Co., 8.625%, 1/15/22   265     229,938
  Targa Resources, Inc., 8.50%, 11/01/13   320     176,000
            405,938
Health Care Equipment Biomet, Inc., 10.375%, 10/15/17 (i)   340     268,600
& Supplies - 0.5% Biomet, Inc., 11.625%, 10/15/17   340     255,000
  DJO Finance LLC, 10.875%, 11/15/14   1,380     1,007,400
            1,531,000
Health Care Providers & Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.50%, 6/01/12   1,020     744,600
Services - 0.5% UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 5.80%, 3/15/36   870     591,754
  WellPoint, Inc., 5.95%, 12/15/34   85     60,262
            1,396,616

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
Industry

Corporate Bonds

  (000 )   Value
Hotels, Restaurants & American Real Estate Partners LP, 8.125%, 6/01/12   USD 3,165   $ 2,156,155
Leisure - 1.2% American Real Estate Partners LP, 7.125%, 2/15/13   320     192,800
  Circus and Eldorado Joint Venture, 10.125%, 3/01/12   1,000     645,000
  Gaylord Entertainment Co., 6.75%, 11/15/14   150     81,000
  Greektown Holdings, LLC, 10.75%, 12/01/13 (c)(d)(f)   315     64,575
  Harrah's Operating Co., Inc., 10.75%, 2/01/18 (f)(i)   880     110,000
  Seneca Gaming Corp. Series B, 7.25%, 5/01/12   260     174,200
  Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 6.625%, 12/01/14   40     28,300
            3,452,030
Household Durables - 0.7% Belvoir Land LLC Series A-1, 5.27%, 12/15/47   350     226,037
  Irwin Land LLC Series A-1, 5.03%, 12/15/25   525     393,887
  Irwin Land LLC Series A-2, 5.40%, 12/15/47   1,500     976,515
  Ohana Military Communities LLC Series 04I, 6.193%,          
  4/01/49   350     262,644
            1,859,083
Household Products - 0.3% Kimberly-Clark, Corp., 6.625%, 8/01/37   850     823,957
IT Services - 0.4% iPayment, Inc., 9.75%, 5/15/14   240     163,200
  iPayment Investors LP, 12.75%, 7/15/14 (f)(i)   904     886,247
  SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 9.125%, 8/15/13   205     158,875
            1,208,322
Independent Power NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/14   50     40,750
Producers & Energy NRG Energy, Inc., 7.375%, 2/01/16   15     12,188
Traders - 0.0%           52,938
Industrial Sequa Corp., 11.75%, 12/01/15 (f)   690     303,600
Conglomerates - 0.4% Sequa Corp., 13.50%, 12/01/15 (f)(i)   1,644     756,085
            1,059,685
Insurance - 2.6% Chubb Corp., 6%, 5/11/37   1,100     882,229
  Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts, 2.166%,          
  9/15/09   925     844,744
  Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts, 2.999%,          
  6/16/14   425     270,554
  MetLife, Inc., 5.70%, 6/15/35   1,525     1,049,749
  Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 4.25%,          
  7/30/09   1,150     1,115,000
  Monument Global Funding Ltd., 1.22%, 6/16/10 (a)   1,810     1,700,670
  New York Life Global Funding, 3.875%, 1/15/09 (f)   850     849,415
  Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.70%, 12/14/36   675     403,554
  Prudential Financial, Inc. Series D, 5.90%, 3/17/36   500     265,533
            7,381,448
Machinery - 0.3% AGY Holding Corp., 11%, 11/15/14   360     216,000
  Accuride Corp., 8.50%, 2/01/15   265     95,400
  Sunstate Equipment Co. LLC, 10.50%, 4/01/13 (f)   950     541,500
            852,900

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
Industry Corporate Bonds   (000 )   Value
Marine - 0.3% Nakilat, Inc. Series A, 6.067%, 12/31/33 (f)   USD 1,050   $ 745,206
  Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 9.50%, 12/15/14   141     84,600
            829,806
Media - 4.4% Affinion Group, Inc., 10.125%, 10/15/13   695     476,074
  CMP Susquehanna Corp., 9.875%, 5/15/14   645     114,488
  Cablevision Systems Corp. Series B, 8.334%,          
  4/01/09 (a)   180     175,950
  Charter Communications Holdings II, LLC, 10.25%,          
  9/15/10   1,320     669,900
  Charter Communications Holdings II, LLC, Series B,          
  10.25%, 9/15/10   130     61,750
  Comcast Cable Holdings LLC, 7.125%, 2/15/28   200     165,353
  Comcast Corp., 6.50%, 1/15/17   1,750     1,579,414
  Comcast Corp., 6.50%, 11/15/35   625     496,069
  Comcast Corp., 6.45%, 3/15/37   790     620,677
  Comcast Corp., 6.95%, 8/15/37   25     20,964
  DirecTV Holdings LLC, 8.375%, 3/15/13   125     115,000
  EchoStar DBS Corp., 7%, 10/01/13   43     32,250
  EchoStar DBS Corp., 7.125%, 2/01/16   75     53,250
  Local Insight Regatta Holdings, Inc., 11%, 12/01/17   823     386,810
  Network Communications, Inc., 10.75%, 12/01/13   155     51,150
  News America Holdings, Inc., 7.70%, 10/30/25   825     731,066
  News America Holdings, Inc., 8.45%, 8/01/34   625     608,109
  News America, Inc., 7.625%, 11/30/28   985     853,777
  Nielsen Finance LLC, 10%, 8/01/14   965     694,800
  R.H. Donnelley Corp., 11.75%, 5/15/15 (f)   100     26,500
  Rainbow National Services LLC, 8.75%, 9/01/12 (f)   200     176,000
  Rainbow National Services LLC, 10.375%, 9/01/14 (f)   943     815,695
  TCI Communications, Inc., 7.875%, 2/15/26   610     552,857
  TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (f)   1,295     699,300
  Time Warner Cable, Inc., 7.30%, 7/01/38   2,525     2,105,577
  Time Warner Cos., Inc., 6.95%, 1/15/28   70     56,993
  Time Warner Cos., Inc., 6.625%, 5/15/29   90     70,148
  Time Warner, Inc., 7.625%, 4/15/31   205     176,226
  Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32   85     73,519
            12,659,666
Metals &
Mining - 1.3%
AK Steel Corp., 7.75%, 6/15/12   905     635,762
  Falconbridge Ltd., 6%, 10/15/15   825     659,737
  Falconbridge Ltd., 6.20%, 6/15/35   1,250     760,705
  Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 7.084%,          
  4/01/15 (a)   490     294,000
  Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 8.375%,          
  4/01/17   790     560,900
  Steel Dynamics, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/12   90     66,600

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
Industry Corporate Bonds   (000 )   Value
  Teck Cominco Ltd., 6.125%, 10/01/35   USD 1,430   $ 747,786
            3,725,490
Multi-Utilities - 0.6% DTE Energy Co., 6.35%, 6/01/16   725     623,159
  Energy East Corp., 6.75%, 7/15/36   1,500     1,127,400
            1,750,559
Oil, Gas &
Consumable
Amerada Hess Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/33   425     351,470
Fuels - 5.5% Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 6.45%, 9/15/36   2,350     1,818,733
  Berry Petroleum Co., 8.25%, 11/01/16   140     88,200
  Burlington Resources Finance Co., 7.40%, 12/01/31   875     845,079
  Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd., 6.50%, 2/15/37   410     317,276
  Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd., 6.25%, 3/15/38   375     277,350
  Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd., 6.75%, 2/01/39   1,025     812,438
  Chaparral Energy, Inc., 8.50%, 12/01/15   320     118,400
  Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.375%, 6/15/15   150     105,000
  Compton Petroleum Finance Corp., 7.625%, 12/01/13   115     47,150
  Conoco Funding Co., 7.25%, 10/15/31   125     121,325
  ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Co., 5.95%, 10/15/36   535     453,877
  ConocoPhillips Holding Co., 6.95%, 4/15/29   650     618,084
  Devon Energy Corp., 7.95%, 4/15/32   625     621,624
  EXCO Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/11   130     100,100
  EnCana Corp., 6.50%, 8/15/34   670     516,508
  EnCana Corp., 6.625%, 8/15/37   700     544,258
  EnCana Corp., 6.50%, 2/01/38   325     247,904
  Encore Acquisition Co., 6%, 7/15/15   40     26,400
  MidAmerican Energy Co., 5.80%, 10/15/36   700     554,677
  MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., 5.95%, 5/15/37   800     613,146
  MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., 6.50%, 9/15/37   1,900     1,589,356
  Nexen, Inc., 6.40%, 5/15/37   550     397,504
  OPTI Canada, Inc., 8.25%, 12/15/14   450     175,500
  Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 9.375%,          
  12/02/08   833     833,000
  Sabine Pass LNG LP, 7.50%, 11/30/16   330     227,700
  Suncor Energy, Inc., 6.50%, 6/15/38   645     473,840
  Valero Energy Corp., 6.625%, 6/15/37   495     370,974
  Whiting Petroleum Corp., 7.25%, 5/01/12   40     30,400
  Whiting Petroleum Corp., 7.25%, 5/01/13   335     237,850
  XTO Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 8/01/37   1,925     1,582,344
  XTO Energy, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/38   900     702,097
            15,819,564
Paper & Forest Bowater, Inc., 4.996%, 3/15/10 (a)   80     26,400
Products - 0.3% Domtar Corp., 7.125%, 8/15/15   60     40,800
  NewPage Corp., 10%, 5/01/12   1,625     877,500
            944,700
Pharmaceuticals
- 2.0%
Eli Lilly & Co., 5.55%, 3/15/37   2,275     2,066,628
  Schering-Plough Corp., 6.55%, 9/15/37   1,125     993,122

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
      Par      
Industry Corporate Bonds   (000 )   Value
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance LLC, 6.15%, 2/01/36   USD 1,445   $ 1,241,670
  Wyeth, 6%, 2/15/36   675     614,579
  Wyeth, 5.95%, 4/01/37   925     842,792
            5,758,791
Professional Services - 0.0% FTI Consulting, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/16   100     86,000
Real Estate Investment Trusts AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.625%, 9/15/11   350     281,861
(REITs) - 0.1%            
Road & Rail - 0.1% Canadian National Railway Co., 6.25%, 8/01/34   350     324,628
Software - 0.7% BMS Holdings, Inc., 10.595%, 2/15/12 (a)(f)(i)   107     40,607
  Oracle Corp., 5.75%, 4/15/18 (e)   2,225     2,085,363
            2,125,970
Specialty Retail - 0.6% AutoNation, Inc., 6.753%, 4/15/13 (a)   80     50,800
  AutoNation, Inc., 7%, 4/15/14   150     97,500
  General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 7.584%,          
  3/15/14   500     285,000
  General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 10.75%, 3/15/15   400     230,000
  Lazy Days' R.V. Center, Inc., 11.75%, 5/15/12   310     48,050
  Michaels Stores, Inc., 10%, 11/01/14   380     119,700
  Michaels Stores, Inc., 11.375%, 11/01/16   110     24,200
  Sonic Automotive, Inc. Series B, 8.625%, 8/15/13   2,100     756,000
            1,611,250
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Quiksilver, Inc., 6.875%, 4/15/15   175     64,750
Goods - 0.0%            
Wireless Telecommunication Cricket Communications, Inc., 9.375%, 11/01/14   100     79,375
Services - 0.9% Digicel Group Ltd., 8.875%, 1/15/15 (f)   240     123,600
  Digicel Group Ltd., 9.125%, 1/15/15 (f)(i)   560     282,800
  MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.25%, 11/01/14   80     65,600
  Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings ApS, 8.875%,          
  5/01/16   770     558,250
  Rogers Communications, Inc., 7.50%, 8/15/38   1,150     1,023,324
  Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28   915     448,350
            2,581,299
  Total Corporate Bonds - 50.0%         143,162,917
  Foreign Government Obligations          
  France Government Bond, 3.15%, 7/25/32   EUR 584     784,036
  Israel Government AID Bond, 5.50%, 4/26/24   USD 825     949,325
  Israel Government AID Bond, 5.50%, 9/18/33   845     1,011,106
  Total Foreign Government Obligations - 1.0%         2,744,467
  Non-U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities          
Collateralized Mortgage American Home Mortgage Assets Series 2006-6 Class          
Obligations - 9.4% A1A, 0.661%, 12/25/46 (a)   353     139,635
  Bank of America Funding Corp. Series 2007-2 Class 1A2,          
  6%, 3/25/37   1,100     668,256
  Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Series 2004-8          
  Class 14A1, 5.471%, 11/25/34 (a)   758     694,469
 
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-12
         
  Class 6A1, 6%, 1/25/36   1,206     810,599

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
  Non-U.S. Government Agency   Par      
  Mortgage-Backed Securities   (000 )   Value
  Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2006-5          
  Class 1A3, 6%, 10/25/36   USD 1,100   $ 724,181
  Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2005-4 Class          
  A, 5.344%, 8/25/35 (a)   709     484,153
  Citigroup Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2006-5          
  Class 1A2, 6%, 10/25/36   1,362     1,268,664
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-64CB          
  Class 1A15, 5.50%, 12/25/35   1,600     1,107,763
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-01A0          
  Class 1A1, 3.216%, 8/25/46 (a)   363     170,513
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-0A19          
  Class A1, 0.688%, 2/20/47 (a)   523     216,751
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-0A21          
  Class A1, 0.698%, 3/20/47 (a)   969     401,329
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2007-HY4          
  Class 4A1, 5.932%, 6/25/47   1,195     780,781
  Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust          
  Series 2006-0A5 Class 2A1, 0.671%, 4/25/46 (a)   424     163,760
  Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust          
  Series 2007-10 Class A22, 6%, 7/25/37   1,218     572,392
  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates Series 2007-1          
  Class 5A14, 6%, 2/25/37   933     714,136
  Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc. Alternate Loan Trust          
  Series 2003-3 Class 2A1, 5.50%, 10/25/33   1,297     1,107,746
  Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc. Alternate Loan Trust          
  Series 2006-0A1 Class A1, 0.671%, 2/25/47 (a)   507     207,989
  GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-AR4 Class 6A1,          
  5.25%, 7/25/35 (a)   713     441,866
  GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-0A1 Class 2A1,          
  0.661%, 8/25/46 (a)   1,041     471,342
  GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-4F Class 1A1, 5%,          
  5/25/36   1,110     828,605
  GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-AR1 Class 2A1,          
  5.18%, 1/25/36 (a)   1,034     797,794
  GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-4F Class 3A1, 6%,          
  7/25/37   1,320     871,083
  Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-9 Class          
  2A1A, 0.791%, 11/19/36 (a)   714     298,859
  Homebanc Mortgage Trust Series 2006-2 Class A1,          
  0.651%, 12/25/36 (a)   1,062     439,401
  Indymac IMJA Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-A1 Class          
  A4, 6%, 8/25/37   1,100     550,000
  JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2006-S3 Class 1A12,          
  6.50%, 8/25/36   1,396     1,008,918

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust  
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
  Non-U.S. Government Agency   Par      
  Mortgage-Backed Securities   (000 )   Value
  JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2007-S1 Class 2A22,          
  5.75%, 3/25/37   USD 1,097   $ 884,024
  JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2007-S2 Class 1A15,          
  6.75%, 6/25/37   1,216     1,013,414
  Maryland Insurance Backed Securities Trust Series 2006-          
  1A Class, 5.55%, 12/10/65   2,500     1,725,000
  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 2006-A3          
  Class 3A1, 5.827%, 5/25/36 (a)(j)   1,008     451,217
  Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I Series 2007-S6          
  Class 1A16, 6%, 6/25/37   891     731,409
  Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2002-AL1 Class          
  A2, 3.45%, 2/25/32   2,051     1,309,187
  WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-          
  AR10 Class 1A3, 4.834%, 9/25/35 (a)   1,800     1,365,314
  WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-          
  0A4 Class 1A, 3.026%, 5/25/47 (a)   490     249,414
  WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-          
  0A5 Class 1A, 3.01%, 6/25/47 (a)   852     487,330
  Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series          
  2006-3 Class A9, 5.50%, 3/25/36   851     753,786
  Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series          
  2006- Class 1A29, 6%, 8/25/36   891     743,792
  Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series          
  2007-8 Class 2A9, 6%, 7/25/37   895     714,570
  Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series          
  2007-10 Class 1A21, 6%, 7/25/37   1,068     533,764
            26,903,206
Commercial Mortgage- Bank of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc. Series 2005-          
Backed Securities - 15.3% 1 Class 4A, 5.143%, 11/10/42 (a)   2,180     1,905,654
  CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2002-          
  CP5 Class A2, 4.94%, 12/15/35   2,720     2,270,049
  Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2008-C7          
  Class A4, 6.096%, 12/10/49 (a)   1,370     912,642
  Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust          
  Series 2007-CD5 Class A4, 5.886%, 11/15/44 (a)   2,500     1,621,584
  Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series          
  2004-LB3A Class A3, 5.09%, 7/10/37 (a)   960     869,002
  First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Series          
  2001-C3 Class A3, 6.423%, 8/15/33   2,864     2,673,523
  First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Series          
  2001-C4 Class A2, 6.223%, 12/12/33   2,265     2,065,413
  GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 1999-          
  C3 Class A2, 7.179%, 8/15/36 (a)   1,266     1,244,957
  GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2002-          
  C3 Class A2, 4.93%, 7/10/39   2,350     1,973,912

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust   
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
  Non-U.S. Government Agency    Par  
 
  Mortgage-Backed Securities    (000 ) 
 
Value 
  Heller Financial Commercial Mortgage Asset Series 1999-       
 
  PH1 Class A2, 6.847%, 5/15/31 (a)    USD 318  
$
316,664 
  JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.       
 
  Series 2001-C1 Class A3, 5.857%, 10/12/35    2,140  
1,932,395 
  JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.       
 
  Series 2004-CB8 Class A1A, 4.158%, 1/12/39    880  
691,913 
  JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.       
 
  Series 2004-CBX Class A4, 4.529%, 1/12/37    2,180  
1,870,974 
  JPMorgan Commercial Mortgage Finance Corp. Series       
 
  2000-C10 Class A2, 7.371%, 8/15/32 (a)    1,610  
1,572,251 
  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2005-C5 Class       
 
  A4, 4.954%, 9/15/30    4,375  
3,211,315 
  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C6 Class       
 
  A4, 5.858%, 7/15/40 (a)    1,816  
1,181,200 
  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C7 Class       
 
  A3, 5.866%, 9/15/45 (a)    5,000  
3,235,351 
  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust Series 2004-BPC1 Class A3,       
 
  4.467%, 10/12/41 (a)(j)    4,200  
3,633,328 
  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C1 Class AM,       
 
  5.829%, 6/12/50 (a)(j)    925  
410,681 
  Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2005-HQ6 Class A4A,       
 
  4.989%, 8/13/42    1,475  
1,084,049 
  Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2005-T17 Class A4,       
 
  4.52%, 12/13/41    2,555  
2,044,000 
  Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2007-IQ16 Class A4,       
 
  5.809%, 12/12/49    143  
91,697 
  Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2007-T27 Class A4,       
 
  5.804%, 6/13/42 (a)    995  
653,445 
  Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2008-T29 Class A4,       
 
  6.28%, 1/11/43 (a)    1,370  
914,769 
  Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Series       
 
  2000-C1 Class A2, 7.52%, 12/18/09 (a)    3,154  
3,091,427 
  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2005-       
 
  C21 Class A3, 5.209%, 10/15/44 (a)    910  
810,319 
  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-       
 
  C25 Class A4, 5.926%, 5/15/43 (a)    1,190  
819,222 
  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-       
 
  C33 Class A4, 6.10%, 2/15/51 (a)    995  
 
639,466 
         
 
43,741,202 
  Total Non-U.S. Government Agency       
 
  Mortgage-Backed Securities - 24.7%       
70,644,408 
  U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities       
 
 
  Fannie Mae Guaranteed Pass-Through Certificates:       
 
  5.00%, 3/01/21 - 12/15/38 (e)(g)(k)(l)    10,014  
10,092,133 
  5.50%, 12/15/23 - 1/15/39 (k)(l)    126,742  
128,867,182 
  6.00%, 8/01/29 - 2/01/38    1,331  
1,361,115 
  6.50%, 12/15/38    3,700  
3,782,096 
  7.00%, 1/01/31 - 7/01/32    195  
203,932 

 

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust   
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
 
U.S. Government Agency
  Par      
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities
  (000 )    Value 
 
Freddie Mac Mortgage Participation Certificates:
         
 
      5.00%, 8/01/33
  USD 68  
$
68,606 
 
      5.50%, 11/01/34 - 12/15/38
  4,484     4,553,192 
 
      6.00%, 2/01/13 - 12/15/38 (l)
  2,603     2,656,205 
 
      7.00%, 9/01/31
  19     19,542 
 
Ginnie Mae MBS Certificates:
         
 
      5.50%, 8/15/33
  189     193,241 
 
      6.50%, 12/19/38 (l)
  200     204,563 
 
Total U.S. Government Agency
         
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 53.1%
        152,001,807 
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities - Collateralized
         
 
Mortgage Obligations
         
 
Fannie Mae Trust Series 378 Class 5, 5%, 7/01/36 (b)
  3,877     567,201 
 
Fannie Mae Trust Series 2004-90 Class JH, 1.828%,
         
 
11/25/34 (a)(b) 
  19,903     1,122,622 
 
Fannie Mae Trust Series 2005-5 Class PK, 5%,
         
 
12/25/34
  2,152     2,175,782 
 
Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates Series 2579 Class HI,
         
 
5%, 8/15/17 (b)
  1,674     105,057 
 
Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates Series 2611 Class QI,
         
 
5.50%, 9/15/32 (b)
  4,996     662,918 
 
Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates Series 2684 Class SP,
         
 
4.986%, 1/15/33 (a)(b)
  395     52,197 
 
Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates Series 2825 Class VP,
         
 
5.50%, 6/15/15
  1,153     1,206,864 
 
Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates Series 3208 Class PS,
         
 
4.586%, 8/15/36 (a)(b)
  1,875     211,903 
 
Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates Series 3316 Class SB,
         
 
4.729%, 8/15/35 (a)(b)
  346     32,452 
Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities -
         
 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 2.1%
        6,136,996 
 
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations
         
 
Federal Home Loan Banks, 5.375%, 9/30/22 (k)
  5,400     5,875,340 
 
Federal Home Loan Banks, 5.25%, 12/09/22
  675     726,381 
 
Federal Home Loan Banks, 5.365%, 9/09/24
  1,075     1,166,561 

12


BlackRock Core Bond Trust   
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
 
  Par      
 
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations
  (000 )    Value 
 
Federal Housing Administration, Hebre Home Hospital,
         
 
6.25%, 9/01/28
  USD 1,002  
$
1,000,355 
 
Resolution Funding Corp., 6.196%, 7/15/18 (m)
  525     357,552 
 
Resolution Funding Corp., 6.30%, 10/15/18 (m)
  525     352,572 
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%,
         
 
1/15/25 (k) 
  2,710     2,414,921 
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%,
         
 
1/15/27 (k) 
  2,023     1,816,023 
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 1.75%,
         
 
1/15/28 (k) 
  4,731     3,900,488 
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.125%, 9/30/13 (k)
  1,625     1,719,833 
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.375%, 2/15/38
  205     237,496 
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.50%, 5/15/38 (k)
  7,265     8,594,836 
 
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations - 9.8%
        28,162,358 
Industry 
Capital Trusts
         
Capital Markets - 0.1% 
Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd., 5.86% (a)(n)
  494     261,820 
Commercial Banks - 1.4% 
BAC Capital Trust XI, 6.625%, 5/23/36 (g)
  545     356,515 
 
Barclays Bank Plc, 7.434% (a)(f)(n)
  1,975     1,324,785 
 
RBS Capital Trust IV, 3.496% (a)(n)
  475     181,312 
 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc
         
 
Series MTN, 7.64% (a)(n)
  2,200     1,062,910 
 
Wachovia Corp. Series K, 7.98% (a)(n)
  1,570     1,126,930 
 
 
        4,052,452 
Diversified Financial 
Bank of America Corp. Series K, 8% (a)(n)
  1,360     944,487 
Services - 1.3% 
Citigroup, Inc., 8.30%, 12/21/77 (a)
  2,225     1,342,165 
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 7.90% (a)(n)
  1,925     1,506,967 
 
 
        3,793,619 
Electric Utilities - 0.2% 
PECO Energy Capital Trust IV, 5.75%, 6/15/33
  790     600,011 
Insurance - 1.0% 
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/57 (a)
  1,950     1,094,843 
 
American International Group, Inc., 8.175%,
         
 
5/15/58 (a)(f) 
  1,230     408,889 
 
Lincoln National Corp., 6.05%, 4/20/67 (a)
  675     276,750 
 
Progressive Corp., 6.70%, 6/15/37 (a)
  605     321,401 
 
Travelers Cos., Inc./The, 6.25%, 3/15/67 (a)
  675     373,201 
 
ZFS Finance (USA) Trust V, 6.50%, 5/09/67 (a)(f)
  675     357,750 
 
 
        2,832,834 
 
Total Capital Trusts - 4.0%
        11,540,736 
 
  Beneficial      
 
  Interest      
 
Other Interests (o)
 
(000)
     
Health Care Providers & 
Critical Care Systems International, Inc. (p)
  2     637 
Services - 0.0% 
 
         
 
Total Other Interests - 0.0%
        637 
 
Total Long-Term Investments (Cost - $506,045,137) - 154.9%
        443,679,576 

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust   
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
  Options Purchased    Contracts (q)     Value  
Call Swaptions  Receive a fixed rate of 5.47% and pay a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring May 2012    11  
$
1,984,237  
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.88% and pay a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring September 2013    25     1,860,233  
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.705% and receive a floating rate             
  based on the 3-month LIBOR, expiring November 2013    12     840,446  
            4,684,916  
Put Swaptions  Pay a fixed rate of 6.50% and receive a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring September 2009    15     57,002  
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.47% and receive a floating rate             
  based 3-month LIBOR, expiring May 2012    11     250,712  
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.88% and receive a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring September 2013    25     574,082  
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.705% and receive a floating rate             
  based on the 3-month LIBOR, expiring November 2013    12     302,792  
            1,184,588  
  Total Options Purchased             
  (Cost - $3,680,365) - 2.0%          5,869,504  
  Total Investments Before TBA Sale Commitments and             
  Options Written (Cost - $509,725,502*) - 156.9%          449,549,080  
      Par        
  TBA Sale Commitments   
(000)
       
  Fannie Mae Guaranteed Pass-Through Certificates:             
        5.00%,  3/01/21 - 12/15/38    USD (4,100 )    (4,129,028 ) 
        5.50%,  12/15/23 - 1/15/39    (100,400 )    (102,131,298 ) 
  Freddie Mac Mortgage Participation Certificates,             
        5.50%,  11/01/34 - 12/15/38    (4,400 )    (4,467,632 ) 
  Ginnie Mae MBS Certificates,             
        5.50%,  8/15/33    (100 )    (101,562 ) 
  Total TBA Sale Commitments             
  (Proceeds - $109,262,551) - (38.7)%          (110,829,520 ) 
  Options Written    Contracts (q)        
Call Swaptions  Pay a fixed rate of 4.94% and receive floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring December 2008    14     (2,146,648 ) 
  Pay a fixed rated of 5.485% and receive a floating rate             
  based on expiring 3-month LIBOR, expiring             
  October 2009    4     (859,072 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.915% and receive a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring November 2010    15     (2,151,120 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.05% and receive a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring May 2011    10     (1,513,250 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.08% and receive a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring May 2011    6     (934,441 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.325% and receive a floating rate             
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring July 2013    8     (767,180 ) 

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust   
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
  Options Written    Contracts (q)   
Value
 
  Pay a fixed rated of 5.67% and receive a floating rate       
   
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring January 2010    11   
$
(2,330,349 ) 
            (10,702,060 ) 
Put Swaptions  Receive a fixed rate of 4.94% and pay a floating rate       
   
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring December 2008    14   
(2,282 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.485% and pay a floating rate       
   
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring October 2009    4   
(27,851 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.67% and pay a floating rate       
   
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring January 2010    11   
(67,068 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.915% and pay a floating rate       
   
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring November 2010    15   
(325,245 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.05% and pay a floating rate       
   
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring May 2011    10   
(240,610 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.08% and pay a floating rate       
   
  based on 3-month LIBOR, expiring May 2011    6   
(142,093 ) 
            805,149  
  Total Options Written       
   
  (Premiums Received - $5,701,378) - (4.0)%          (11,507,209 ) 
  Total Investments, Net of TBA Sale Commitments and       
   
  Options Written (Cost - $394,761,573) - 114.2%       
327,212,351  
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (14.2)%          (40,740,487 ) 
  Net Assets - 100.0%       
$
286,471,864  

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of November 30, 2008, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:
  Aggregate cost 
$
510,813,549  
  Gross unrealized appreciation 
$
9,039,139  
  Gross unrealized depreciation    (70,303,608 ) 
  Net unrealized depreciation  $ (61,264,469 ) 
(a) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(b) Represents the interest only portion of a mortgage-backed security and has either a nominal or a notional amount of principal.
(c) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments. (d) Non-income producing security.
(e) All or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps.
(f) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.
(g) All or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts. (h) Represents a step bond. Rate shown is as of report date.
(i) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares.

 

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust 
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
(j) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Trust, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows: 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Purchase 
 
Sale 
  Realized   
  Affiliate 
Cost 
 
Cost 
 
Gain/Loss 
 
Income 
  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series                 
 
  2006-A3 Class 3A1, 5.827%,                 
 
  5/25/36   
-  
  $ 24,625   
- 
 
$
14,708 
  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust Series 2004-                     
  BPC1 Class A3, 4.467%, 10/12/41 
$
3,066,250 
    -   
- 
 
$
2,605 
  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C1                     
  Class AM, 5.829%, 6/12/50   
- 
 
 
- 
 
- 
 
$
13,623 

(k) All or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements.
(l) Represents or includes a "to-be-announced" transaction. The Trust has committed to purchasing securities for which all specific information is not available at this time.
(m) Represents a zero-coupon rate. Rate shown reflects the effective yield at the time of purchase.
(n) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(o) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorganization entities and are non-income producing.
(p) Security is fair valued.
(q) One contract represents a notional amount of $1,000,000.
For Trust compliance purposes, the Trust's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Trust management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of November 30, 2008 were as follows:

    Interest Trade  Maturity    Net Closing    Face 
  Counterparty 
Rate
Date  Date    Amount    Amount 
  Barclays Capital Inc. 
2.00%
11/12/08 
12/11/08  $ 39,223,920  $ 39,163,000 
  JPMorgan Securities Inc. 
3.00%
  9/15/08 
Open    4,229,888    4,229,888 
  JPMorgan Securities Inc. 
0.40%
11/25/08 
Open    5,515,912    5,515,488 
  JPMorgan Securities Inc. 
0.55%
11/25/08 
Open    1,531,138    1,531,138 
  JPMorgan Securities Inc. 
0.55%
11/28/08 
12/02/08    1,512,374    1,512,281 
  JPMorgan Securities Inc. 
0.50%
11/28/08 
Open    2,928,328    2,928,125 
  JPMorgan Securities Inc. 
0.60%
11/28/08 
Open    1,724,531    1,724,531 
  JPMorgan Securities Inc. 
0.63%
11/28/08 
Open    1,643,531    1,643,531 
  Total        $ 58,309,622  $ 58,247,982 

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust 
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of November 30, 2008 were as follows:
                   
Currency
 
Currency 
Settlement 
Unrealized
 
  Purchased  
Sold 
Date 
Depreciation
 
  USD  594,053   EUR 
470,500 
12/10/08 
$
(3,561 ) 
  USD  283,222   GBP 
185,000 
12/10/08    (1,288 ) 
  Total          
$
(4,849 ) 

Financial futures contracts purchased as of November 30, 2008 were as follows:
 
      Expiration 
Face 
 
Unrealized
 
  Contracts  Issue  Date 
Value 
 
Appreciation
 
  216  30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond  December 2008 
$
25,525,997   
$
2,243,503  
  742  30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond  March 2009 
$
92,399,375   
2,194,031  
  39  Long-Gilt Future  March 2009 
$
6,938,804 
 
 
64,426  
  Total     
   
$
4,501,960  
 
   
   
Financial futures contracts sold as of November 30, 2008 were as follows:   
      Expiration 
Face   
Unrealized  
  Contracts  Issue  Date    Value 
 
 
Depreciation  
  122  2-Year U.S. Treasury Bond  December 2008 
$
26,241,206   
$
(400,544 ) 
  840  5-Year U.S. Treasury Bond  December 2008 
$
94,622,366   
(5,626,384 ) 
  663  2-Year U.S. Treasury Bond  March 2009 
$
142,999,397   
(747,291 ) 
  1,058  5-Year U.S. Treasury Bond  March 2009 
$
122,205,543 
 
 
(1,274,628 ) 
  Total     
   
$
(8,048,847 ) 

Interest rate swaps outstanding as of November 30, 2008 were as follows:           
    Notional     Unrealized  
    Amount     Appreciation  
   
(000)
    (Depreciation)  
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.62377% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Credit Suisse First Boston           
  Expires September 2009  USD 50,000   $ 997,159  
  Receive a fixed rate of 2.895% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Barclays Bank Plc           
  Expires September 2010  USD 30,600     434,229  
  Pay a fixed rate of 2.898% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires September 2010  USD 19,600     (279,173 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 2.7425% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires October 2010  USD 50,700     534,494  
  Receive a fixed rate of 2.745% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Credit Suisse First Boston           
  Expires October 2010  - USD 40,500     428,860  

 

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust 
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 

    Notional     Unrealized  
    Amount     Appreciation  
   
(000)
    (Depreciation)  
  Receive a fixed rate of 5% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires November 2010  USD 4,600   $ 253,034  
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.496% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Bank of America N.A.           
  Expires July 2011  USD 25,100     2,050,265  
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.856% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires October 2012  USD 9,400     771,769  
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.32% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Citibank N.A.           
  Expires November 2012  USD 10,500     697,525  
  Receive a fixed rate of 3.66375% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Citibank N.A.           
  Expires April 2013  USD 7,300     281,595  
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.2825% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Credit Suisse First Boston           
  Expires July 2013  USD 82,500     5,452,996  
  Receive a fixed rate of 3.78% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Services           
  Expires November 2013  USD 17,600     813,082  
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.5% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.           
  Expires May 2015  USD 2,800     (256,179 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.04015% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires September 2017  USD 12,500     (1,872,771 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.0975% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires October 2018  USD 8,000     643,753  

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust 
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
    Notional     Unrealized  
    Amount     Appreciation  
   
(000)
    (Depreciation)  
  Receive a fixed rate of 4.564% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires October 2018  USD 10,000   $ 1,199,938  
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.01% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, UBS Warburg           
  Expires November 2018  USD 4,000     (522,138 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.411% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.           
  Expires August 2022  USD 8,545     2,155,267  
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.365% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires September 2027  USD 8,000     (2,561,173 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.0605% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, The Goldman Sachs Group           
  Expires November 2037  USD 6,200     (2,367,216 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 5.06276% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Citibank N.A.           
  Expires December 2037  USD 1,300     (495,756 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.785% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Citibank N.A.           
  Expires January 2038  USD 2,000     (655,077 ) 
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.8375% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Services           
  Expires January 2038  USD 6,000     (2,021,449 ) 
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.29750% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Citibank N.A.           
  Expires February 2038  USD 700     300,334  
  Receive a fixed rate of 5.1575% and pay a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Citibank N.A.           
  Expires June 2038  USD 1,000     403,715  
             

 

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust 
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 
  Notional        
  Amount     Unrealized  
   
(000)
    Depreciation  
  Pay a fixed rate of 4.57% and receive a floating rate based on           
  3-month LIBOR           
  Broker, Deutsche Bank AG           
  Expires September 2038  USD 5,600  
$
(1,634,833 ) 
  Total     
$
4,752,250  
             
Currency Abbreviations:           
  EUR      Euro           
  GBP      British Pound           
  USD      U.S. Dollar           

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust 
Schedule of Investments November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) 

Effective September 1, 2008, the Trust adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("FAS 157"). FAS 157 clarifies the definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair values and requires additional disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are as follows:
   
  Level 1 - price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical securities
   
  Level 2 - other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)
   
  Level 3 - unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstance, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Trust's own assumption used in determining the fair value of investments)
   
  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Trust's policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Trust's most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.
   
  The following table summarizes the inputs used as of November 30, 2008 in determining the fair valuation of the Trust's investments:

  Valuation    Investments in     Other Financial  
  Inputs    Securities     Instruments*  
  Level 1 
$
(13,984,086 )  $ (3,546,887 ) 
  Level 2    345,108,505     (890,304 ) 
  Level 3    1,725,637     -  
  Total 
$
332,850,056   $ (4,437,191 ) 
  * Other financial instruments are swaps, futures, foreign currency exchange and options.

  The following is a reconciliation of investments for unobservable inputs (Level 3) used in determining fair value:
      Investments in  
      Securities  
  Balance, as of September 1, 2008  $ 637  
  Realized gain (loss)    38  
  Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation    (721,094 ) 
  Net purchases (sales)    (241,659 ) 
  Net transfers in/out of Level 3    2,687,715  
  Balance, as of November 30, 2008  $ 1,725,637  

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Item 2 –   Controls and Procedures
     
2(a) –   The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     
2(b) –   There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
     
Item 3 –   Exhibits
     
    Certifications – Attached hereto
     
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
     
    BlackRock Core Bond Trust
     
    By: /s/ Donald C. Burke                    
      Donald C. Burke
      Chief Executive Officer of
      BlackRock Core Bond Trust
     
    Date: January 20, 2009
     
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
     
    By: /s/ Donald C. Burke                    
      Donald C. Burke
      Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer of)
      BlackRock Core Bond Trust
     
    Date: January 20, 2009
     
    By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews                    
      Neal J. Andrews
      Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
      BlackRock Core Bond Trust
     
    Date: January 20, 2009