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Intermediate Tax Free Fund

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Summary

Summary

What is the Intermediate Tax Free Fund?

The Fund seeks to deliver a high level of income exempt from federal taxation by investing primarily in intermediate-term investment grade municipal bonds.

Yield

Dividend Yield 1 as of 06/09/2023  

w/o sales charge 2.67%
w/ sales charge 2.61%

30-Day Standardized Yield 2 as of 05/31/2023  

2.97%

Average Yield to Worst as of 04/28/2023

3.88%

Fund Basicsas of 04/28/2023

Total Net Assets
$5.03 B
Inception Date
06/30/2003
Dividend Frequency
Monthly
Fund Gross Expense Ratio
0.71%
Fund Net Expense Ratio
0.71%
Number of Holdings
1032
Minimum Initial Investment
$1,000+

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 06/30/2003
w/o sales charge 1.92% 0.18% -0.28% 1.22% 1.79% 3.07%
Lipper Category Avg. Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds 1.40% 0.39% -0.20% 1.36% 1.66% -
Bloomberg 1-15 Year Municipal Index 1.08% 1.16% -0.38% 1.71% 2.05% 3.19%
w/ sales charge -0.38% -2.11% -1.04% 0.75% 1.56% 2.96%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 06/30/2003
w/o sales charge 2.58% -1.20% 0.38% 1.51% 1.83% 3.13%
Lipper Category Avg. Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds 2.25% -0.10% 0.59% 1.63% 1.69% -
Bloomberg 1-15 Year Municipal Index 2.27% 1.60% 0.70% 2.08% 2.14% 3.28%
w/ sales charge 0.26% -3.40% -0.39% 1.06% 1.60% 3.01%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

The Muni Quarterly

The Muni Quarterly offers insights from our analysts on key topics for municipal bond investors, along with essential market information.

Sector Assets
IDR/PCR
Transportation
GO Local
Healthcare/Hospital
GO State
Lease
Education
Special Tax
Power
Water & Sewer
Other
VRDN
Pre-Refunded
Housing
Maturity Assets
<1 Year
1-3 Years
3-5 Years
5-7 Years
7-9 Years
9-12 Years
12-15 Years
15-18 Years
18-25 Years
25-30 Years
30+ Years

CREDIT QUALITY DISTRIBUTION as of 04/28/2023 View Portfolio

Rating Assets
A-1/MIG1
AAA
AA
A
BBB
< BBB
Not Rated

INVESTMENT TEAM

Daniel S. Solender
Daniel S. Solender, CFA

Partner & Director

36 Years of Industry Experience

Daniel T. Vande Velde
Daniel T. Vande Velde

Partner & Portfolio Manager

33 Years of Industry Experience

Daniel S. Solender
Christopher T. English, CFA

Portfolio Manager

13 Years of Industry Experience

Supported By 15 Investment Professionals with 12 Years Avg. Industry Experience

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Performance

Performance

Dividend Yield 1 as of 06/09/2023  

w/o sales charge 2.67%
w/ sales charge 2.61%

30-Day Standardized Yield 2 as of 05/31/2023  

  Subsidized5 Un-Subsidized6
w/o sales charge 2.97% 2.97%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 06/30/2003
w/o sales charge 1.92% 0.18% -0.28% 1.22% 1.79% 3.07%
Lipper Category Avg. Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds 1.40% 0.39% -0.20% 1.36% 1.66% -
Bloomberg 1-15 Year Municipal Index 1.08% 1.16% -0.38% 1.71% 2.05% 3.19%
w/ sales charge -0.38% -2.11% -1.04% 0.75% 1.56% 2.96%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 06/30/2003
w/o sales charge 2.58% -1.20% 0.38% 1.51% 1.83% 3.13%
Lipper Category Avg. Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds 2.25% -0.10% 0.59% 1.63% 1.69% -
Bloomberg 1-15 Year Municipal Index 2.27% 1.60% 0.70% 2.08% 2.14% 3.28%
w/ sales charge 0.26% -3.40% -0.39% 1.06% 1.60% 3.01%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 0.71%

Net 0.71%

Year Fund Returns Bloomberg 1-15 Year Municipal Index
2022 -10.11% -5.95%
2021 2.08% 0.87%
2020 4.15% 4.73%
2019 7.61% 6.44%
2018 1.13% 1.58%
2017 5.08% 4.33%
2016 -0.64% 0.01%
2015 2.86% 2.83%
2014 8.35% 6.36%
2013 -2.82% -1.05%
2012 6.40% -
2011 9.87% -
2010 3.49% -
2009 12.09% -
2008 -0.40% -
2007 3.44% -
2006 3.91% -
2005 1.50% -
2004 2.29% -
2003 1.16% -
Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Yearly Returns
2023 2.58% - - - 2.31%
2022 -6.67% -3.82% -3.00% 3.24% -10.11%
2021 -0.04% 2.04% -0.58% 0.65% 2.08%
2020 -3.08% 3.34% 1.21% 2.74% 4.15%
2019 2.98% 2.34% 1.55% 0.55% 7.61%
2018 -1.04% 1.02% -0.01% 1.17% 1.13%
2017 1.70% 1.84% 1.22% 0.24% 5.08%
2016 1.60% 2.28% 0.05% -4.43% -0.64%
2015 1.14% -1.15% 1.36% 1.50% 2.86%
2014 3.10% 2.37% 1.48% 1.17% 8.35%
2013 0.64% -3.29% -0.16% -0.01% -2.82%
2012 1.53% 1.78% 2.09% 0.85% 6.40%
2011 0.39% 3.79% 2.98% 2.40% 9.87%
2010 1.75% 1.95% 3.37% -3.48% 3.49%
2009 4.33% 1.79% 6.55% -0.94% 12.09%
2008 0.77% 0.04% -1.49% 0.31% -0.40%
2007 0.71% -0.77% 2.34% 1.14% 3.44%
2006 -0.16% -0.21% 3.44% 0.82% 3.91%
2005 -0.88% 2.24% -0.42% 0.58% 1.50%
2004 1.14% -2.23% 2.98% 0.45% 2.29%
2003 - - 0.16% 0.99% 1.16%

Growth of $10,000 as of 03/31/2023

NAV Historical Prices

Date Net Asset Value

Portfolio

Portfolio

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN as of 04/28/2023

Sector Assets
IDR/PCR
Transportation
GO Local
Healthcare/Hospital
GO State
Lease
Education
Special Tax
Power
Water & Sewer
Other
VRDN
Pre-Refunded
Housing

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN as of 04/28/2023

Maturity Assets
<1 Year
1-3 Years
3-5 Years
5-7 Years
7-9 Years
9-12 Years
12-15 Years
15-18 Years
18-25 Years
25-30 Years
30+ Years

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN as of 04/28/2023

Rating Assets
NY
IL
CA
TX
NJ
AL
PA
GA
FL
Puerto Rico
OH
CT
WA
TN
LA
CO
AZ
IN
MI
KY
VA
MA
MD
WI
NC
OR
UT
HI
DE
MO
IA
NH
MS
DC
SC
MN
OK
KS
WV
ID
RI
ND
AK
Other U.S. Territories
VT
NE
NV
NM
SD

Credit QUALITY DISTRIBUTION as of 04/28/2023

Rating Assets
A-1/MIG1
AAA
AA
A
BBB
< BBB
Not Rated

Portfolio Positioning as of 3/31/2023

  • Through the market sell off last year and the record outflows across the municipal bond mutual fund industry, we successfully met all liquidity needs while maintaining overweights to parts of the market that we view as having strong long-term performance potential. Many of these segments of the market underperformed due to low demand, such as bonds subject to AMT, IDR and Tobacco bonds as well as lower rated investment grade and non-investment grade credits. As flows have stabilized, these parts of the market have slowly started coming back but still have not fully rebounded.
  • We remain overweight the lower quality tiers of investment grade, which show attractive relative value, and maintain a modest exposure to non-investment grade bonds relative to the all-investment grade benchmark. We believe this will help drive outperformance over the long term.
  • In terms of bond structure, we have been selling callable bonds priced close to par to improve the convexity of the Fund and positioning the portfolio to have higher probabilities of performing better in the full range of potential interest rate scenarios. Along the same lines, we have been buying bonds with higher coupons and longer calls to position in more favorable structures.
  • Given the flat curve out to ten years and the inversion of the shorter end, we think a barbell approach makes sense, while not changing the targeted duration range. We have increased weightings in short-term bonds (1-4 years), which trade at yields similar to the belly of the curve with less duration, and bonds beyond ten years, given the attractive steepness, while selling the belly of the curve where yields are lowest.
  • We remain overweight IDR bonds and have continued to add to this sector over the quarter. Many of the issuers within the sector, particularly those tied to commodities, are in a strong fundamental position.  Additionally, we remain bullish on the Transportation sector. Many issuers within the sector are in strong fundamental positions and have benefitted from the increased user volumes in the recovery from the pandemic. Additionally, many parts of the sector are deemed essential and have received significant government support over the past three years.

Portfolio Details as of 04/28/2023

Total Net Assets
$5.03 B
Number of Issues
1032
Average Coupon
4.5%
Average Effective Maturity
9.0 Years
Average Effective Duration
5.2 Years
Average Yield to Worst
3.88%

Dividends & Cap Gains

Dividends & Cap Gains

Dividend Payments

For
YTD Dividends Paidas of 06/09/2023
$0.11165
Dividend Frequency
Monthly (Daily Accrual)
Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Reinvest & Payable Date Dividend Reinvest Price
Daily Daily 05/31/2023 $0.02239 $10.05
Daily Daily 04/30/2023 $0.02271 $10.15
Daily Daily 03/31/2023 $0.02219 $10.16
Daily Daily 02/28/2023 $0.02317 $10.02
Daily Daily 01/31/2023 $0.02119 $10.23

Upcoming Dividend Payment Dates

This section lists all anticipated income and Capital Gain distribution dates and any actual distributions are subject to adequacy of earnings and must be approved by the Board of Directors/Trustees. Please note that dates are subject to change.

Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Reinvest & Payable Date
Daily Daily 06/30/2023
Daily Daily 07/31/2023
Daily Daily 08/31/2023
Daily Daily 09/30/2023
Daily Daily 10/31/2023
Daily Daily 11/30/2023
Daily Daily 12/31/2023

Capital Gains Distributions

For
Record Date Reinvest & Payable Date Long-term Short-term * Total Reinvest Price
12/20/2016 12/21/2016 $0.0039 - $0.0039 $10.51

Fees & Expenses

Fees & Expenses

Sales Charge Schedule as of 06/09/2023

  Sales Charge Dealer's Concession Prices at Breakpoint
Less than $100,000 2.25% 2.00% $10.31
$100,000 to $249,999 1.75% 1.50% $10.26
$250,000 to $499,999 0.00% 1.00% $10.08
$500,000 to $999,999 0.00% 1.00% $10.08
$1,000,000 to $5,000,000 0.00% 1.00% $10.08

Expense Ratioas of 05/31/2023

Fund Gross Expense Ratio Fund Net Expense Ratio
0.71% 0.71%

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The Bloomberg 1-15 Year Municipal Bond index is the 1-15 year component of the Municipal Bond index. The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value-weighted index engineered for the long-term tax-exempt bond market. The index is a broad measure of the municipal bond market with maturities of at least one year.  To be included in the index, bonds must be rated investment-grade (Baa3/BBB- or higher) by at least two of the following ratings agencies: Moody's, S&P, Fitch. If only two of the three agencies rate the security, the lower rating is used to determine index eligibility. If only one of the three agencies rates a security, the rating must be investment-grade. They must have an outstanding par value of at least $7 million and be issued as part of a transaction of at least $75 million. The bonds must be fixed rate, have a dated-date after December 31, 1990, and must be at least one year from their maturity date.

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