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4 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
4
4
4
1
1
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Zacks Investment Research
5
(Strong Sell)
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Standard & Poor's
3 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
C-
(Hold)
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U.S. News evaluated 45 Muni National Short 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 2.10 percent over the past year, 3.51 percent over the past three years, 4.47 percent over the past five years, and 3.77 percent over the past decade.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 0.7% |
| 1 Year | 2.1% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 3.5% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | 4.5% |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | 3.8% |
Summary
The investment seeks after-tax total return. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in a diversified portfolio of municipal obligations that are exempt from regular federal income tax (Municipal Securities), municipal obligations that are not exempt from regular federal income tax (Taxable Municipal Securities), direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury (Treasury Securities) and/or obligations of U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities and government-sponsored enterprises (Agency Securities). It currently targets an average portfolio duration of approximately 2 - 4.5 years and an average weighted maturity of approximately 3 - 6 years.
Fees
Fees are Above Average compared to funds in the same category.
Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Bond Strategies S/T Fund has an expense ratio of 0.62 percent.
Risk
Risk is High compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
