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4 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
4
3
1
5
5
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Zacks Investment Research
2
(Buy)
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Standard & Poor's
4 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
B+
(Buy)
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U.S. News evaluated 58 Muni National Long Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.
Performance
The fund has returned 9.72 percent over the past year, 7.80 percent over the past three years, 5.39 percent over the past five years, and 5.52 percent over the past decade.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 2.8% |
| 1 Year | 9.7% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 7.8% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | 5.4% |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | 5.5% |
Summary
The investment seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax. The fund normally invests at least 80% of net assets in municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from regular federal income tax which, in accordance with the fund's investment objective, the fund seeks to avoid. It normally invests at least 65% of net assets in municipal obligations rated at least investment grade at the time of investment, or BBB or higher by either Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or Fitch Ratings or, if unrated, determined by the investment adviser to be of at least investment grade quality.
Fees
Fees are Average compared to funds in the same category.
Eaton Vance National Municipal Income Fund has an expense ratio of 0.42 percent.
Risk
Risk is High compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
