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06. Tax-Sensitive Income Index

Data as of

About the Index

The selection pool uses funds that pay monthly or quarterly distribution, with 1 year average discount < 0%. (1) 30% weighting the top 33% of National Municipal Bond CEFs, excluding Taxable Municipal Bond Funds, ranked by 90-day average trading ($) liquidity, (2) 30% Equity Income funds, not including funds with large year-end distributions. Excluding Master Limited Partnership (MLP), Energy, Preferred Equity or Hybrid/Balanced closed-end funds as classified by CEFData.com. Screening for: $500K+ a day in 90-day average trading dollar ($) liquidity. From the resulted fund pool, we select the top 25% funds, ranked by highest 3 Year RoC% and 3 Year QDI%, combined. (3) 15% weighting the top 33% MLP Funds with the highest 3-Year RoC% and over $250K in 90-day average trading dollar ($) liquidity. (4) 15% weighting the top 33% Preferred Equity Funds with the highest 3-Year QDI%. (5) 10% weighting the top 33% REIT / Real Estate Equity Funds ranked by highest 3 Year RoC% and 3 Year QDI%, combined. The index constituents will be rebalanced each quarter. We manually have removed DXYZ from firm benchmarks.

As of June 30, 2022, we updated index rules to improve its use as an appropriate benchmark for its investment objective. We added Prefereds and REIT / Real Asset funds and reduced the MLP allocation. Click here to see the previous rules, used since 2017 for the index.
1) 1/3 weighting the top 33% of National Municipal Bond CEFs, excluding Taxable Municipal Bond Funds, ranked by 90-day average trading ($) liquidity, (2) 1/3 Equity Income funds that pay distributions monthly or quarterly, but not including funds with large year-end distributions. Excluding Master Limited Partnership (MLP), Energy, Preferred Equity or Hybrid/Balanced closed-end funds as classified by CEFData.com. Screening for: $500K+ a day in 90-day average trading dollar ($) liquidity. Second, residing in the middle 60% of 1-year net asset value (NAV) total return (TR); removing the top 20% and bottom 20% NAV TR performers that also report at least 20% return of capital (RoC) for past 3 months and then ranked for the highest 20 percentages of 1 Year RoC%. (3) The top 15 MLP Funds with the highest 1-Year RoC% and over $250K in 90-day average trading dollar ($) liquidity. The index constituents will be rebalanced each quarter.

Index Performance

Current($) Previous Day(%) 1 Week(%) 1 Month(%) 3 Month(%) 6 Month(%) 1 Year(%) 3 Year(%) 5 Year(%) 10 Year(%) MTD(%) QTD(%) YTD(%)
Price 1,670.76 0.36 2.76 3.58 3.45 6.85 13.19 10.83 13.58 5.52 0.80 0.80 6.85
NAV 1,506.35 0.18 1.69 2.20 1.47 3.24 8.35 8.47 10.74 4.15 0.32 0.32 3.24
Difference -0.18 -1.07 -1.38 -1.98 -3.61 -4.83 -2.36 -2.84 -1.37 -0.48 -0.48 -3.61
* Periods greater than 1 Year are annualized.      ** On Inception Date (Dec. 30, 2016), Index Price was $1,000 and NAV was $1,000.00
2025 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2025
Price 3.03 0.81 -1.33 2.47 -2.19 2.79 2.89 3.44 6.00 - - - - - - - - - -
NAV 1.72 1.04 -1.68 1.05 -2.09 1.74 2.24 1.84 2.91 - - - - - - - - - -
Difference -1.30 0.23 -0.35 -1.42 0.10 -1.05 -0.65 -1.60 -3.09 - - - - - - - - - -
2024 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2024
Price 1.24 2.69 3.71 7.81 -3.21 4.01 2.82 3.50 11.59 3.45 3.06 3.51 10.37 -2.41 5.06 -6.15 -3.77 6.20 18.50
NAV -0.42 1.99 2.88 4.49 -2.38 2.76 0.99 1.32 5.87 2.47 2.68 1.83 7.14 -0.87 4.49 -5.22 -1.82 5.19 11.36
Difference -1.66 -0.69 -0.82 -3.32 0.84 -1.25 -1.82 -2.18 -5.72 -0.98 -0.38 -1.69 -3.22 1.55 -0.57 0.93 1.96 -1.01 -7.14
2023 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2023
Price 8.48 -3.74 -1.22 3.16 0.63 -3.50 3.57 0.58 3.75 3.90 -2.95 -4.91 -4.12 -3.06 9.49 3.35 9.69 5.17 9.12
NAV 6.27 -3.31 -0.72 2.00 1.50 -2.72 3.07 1.77 3.81 2.60 -2.08 -3.76 -3.31 -2.34 8.77 3.35 9.78 6.15 10.19
Difference -2.22 0.43 0.49 -1.15 0.87 0.78 -0.50 1.19 0.06 -1.30 0.87 1.16 0.81 0.72 -0.72 0.00 0.10 0.98 1.08
2022 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2022
Price 0.03 -0.36 2.55 2.21 -4.66 3.66 -8.73 -9.80 -7.81 8.43 -2.97 -11.19 -6.57 4.01 7.66 -4.52 6.91 -0.10 -7.91
NAV 0.20 1.10 2.24 3.58 -4.51 3.52 -9.11 -10.15 -6.94 7.23 -3.37 -9.23 -5.95 4.08 6.44 -2.27 8.27 1.82 -5.24
Difference 0.17 1.46 -0.30 1.37 0.15 -0.14 -0.38 -0.35 0.87 -1.20 -0.40 1.96 0.61 0.07 -1.22 2.25 1.35 1.93 2.66
2021 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2021
Price 3.79 5.12 4.88 14.44 4.22 4.64 2.56 11.85 27.99 -1.01 0.73 -1.99 -2.26 4.47 -1.98 1.84 4.29 1.93 30.46
NAV 2.67 2.22 4.72 9.92 4.32 3.31 2.33 10.28 21.22 -0.74 0.15 -1.06 -1.64 4.17 -1.27 1.26 4.14 2.42 24.15
Difference -1.12 -2.89 -0.16 -4.52 0.09 -1.33 -0.23 -1.57 -6.78 0.27 -0.59 0.93 0.62 -0.30 0.70 -0.58 -0.15 0.50 -6.31
2020 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2020
Price -1.06 -10.29 -30.14 -38.00 20.35 5.29 -4.14 21.46 -24.69 0.80 1.84 -6.77 -4.30 0.01 15.53 3.09 19.11 13.99 -14.16
NAV -2.14 -8.24 -28.18 -35.50 17.69 6.17 -1.77 22.74 -20.84 2.15 1.12 -5.05 -1.93 0.32 10.59 2.78 14.02 11.83 -11.48
Difference -1.07 2.05 1.97 2.50 -2.66 0.88 2.37 1.27 3.85 1.35 -0.72 1.72 2.37 0.32 -4.94 -0.32 -5.09 -2.16 2.68
2019 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2019
Price 12.52 0.98 3.18 17.24 1.00 -1.85 3.19 2.30 19.93 1.78 -2.00 1.12 0.86 -2.18 -0.96 4.34 1.09 1.96 22.28
NAV 9.26 1.02 3.14 13.85 0.22 -1.66 2.78 1.30 15.33 0.26 -1.56 0.86 -0.45 -1.89 -1.05 4.51 1.45 0.99 16.47
Difference -3.26 0.04 -0.04 -3.39 -0.77 0.19 -0.42 -1.00 -4.61 -1.53 0.44 -0.25 -1.31 0.28 -0.09 0.17 0.36 -0.96 -5.81
2018 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2018
Price 1.56 -4.98 -3.63 -7.00 4.27 2.08 -0.50 5.91 -1.51 2.36 1.11 -1.07 2.39 -8.01 1.30 -7.57 -13.88 -11.82 -13.15
NAV 2.66 -5.95 -2.84 -6.19 3.22 2.90 -0.17 6.03 -0.54 3.30 1.32 -0.95 3.68 -5.75 0.45 -5.94 -10.95 -7.68 -8.17
Difference 1.10 -0.97 0.80 0.81 -1.05 0.82 0.33 0.12 0.97 0.95 0.21 0.12 1.29 2.27 -0.85 1.63 2.93 4.14 4.98
2017 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2017
Price 4.57 1.94 -0.46 6.11 1.27 -0.44 0.36 1.18 7.37 2.04 -1.69 1.35 1.67 -2.77 -0.43 4.47 1.14 2.83 10.40
NAV 2.02 1.64 0.22 3.92 -0.03 -1.00 0.10 -0.93 2.95 1.64 -1.04 0.85 1.44 -1.32 0.01 3.58 2.22 3.69 6.75
Difference -2.55 -0.30 0.68 -2.20 -1.29 -0.56 -0.26 -2.12 -4.42 -0.40 0.65 -0.50 -0.23 1.45 0.44 -0.89 1.08 0.87 -3.65
2016 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2016
Price -6.38 1.14 5.88 0.26 7.44 1.85 3.35 13.09 13.39 1.39 1.06 0.83 3.31 -4.57 1.13 1.40 -2.13 1.11 14.65
NAV -7.11 -0.69 6.17 -2.06 6.36 1.98 2.67 11.36 9.06 1.24 0.95 1.25 3.48 -2.55 -0.06 2.74 0.06 3.54 12.93
Difference -0.73 -1.83 0.28 -2.32 -1.08 0.13 -0.68 -1.73 -4.32 -0.16 -0.10 0.43 0.17 2.02 -1.20 1.34 2.19 2.43 -1.72
2015 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2015
Price 0.22 2.16 -1.58 0.78 1.91 -1.59 -5.03 -4.76 -4.02 -1.44 -3.14 -6.27 -10.52 7.49 -4.49 -2.75 -0.16 -10.66 -14.26
NAV -0.99 1.72 -1.40 -0.70 2.09 -0.65 -3.74 -2.37 -3.06 -0.87 -4.07 -6.32 -10.92 5.89 -3.35 -3.13 -0.86 -11.68 -14.38
Difference -1.21 -0.44 0.17 -1.47 0.18 0.94 1.29 2.39 0.97 0.57 -0.93 -0.05 -0.40 -1.60 1.14 -0.38 -0.70 -1.02 -0.12
2014 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2014
Price 1.00 1.86 0.88 3.79 3.05 2.76 1.70 7.70 11.77 -1.99 4.12 -2.00 0.00 -0.18 -0.08 -1.78 -2.04 -2.04 9.50
NAV 0.86 2.14 0.96 4.00 2.35 2.69 2.48 7.71 12.02 -1.49 4.38 -1.31 1.48 -0.67 -0.35 -1.26 -2.27 -0.82 11.10
Difference -0.14 0.27 0.08 0.21 -0.70 -0.08 0.78 0.01 0.24 0.50 0.26 0.69 1.48 -0.49 -0.27 0.52 -0.23 1.22 1.60
2013 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2013
Price 6.55 0.72 1.06 8.45 1.55 -2.36 -0.95 -1.79 6.51 -2.11 -2.58 1.47 -3.23 2.50 -1.47 1.99 3.00 -0.32 6.17
NAV 4.41 0.64 1.76 6.92 1.88 -1.15 -2.67 -1.97 4.81 0.70 -2.64 2.98 0.96 2.32 0.54 0.97 3.87 4.87 9.90
Difference -2.14 -0.08 0.70 -1.53 0.34 1.21 -1.72 -0.18 -1.70 2.80 -0.07 1.51 4.18 -0.18 2.01 -1.02 0.87 5.19 3.74
2012 - Monthly Performance (%)
Jan Feb Mar Q1 Apr May Jun Q2 1H Jul Aug Sep Q3 Oct Nov Dec Q4 2H 2012
Price 5.83 2.40 -0.61 7.71 1.50 -3.11 3.03 1.32 9.13 3.21 0.85 2.54 6.73 -1.12 0.18 -2.58 -3.50 2.99 12.40
NAV 3.78 2.20 -0.37 5.66 0.98 -3.06 1.49 -0.65 4.97 3.47 0.98 1.81 6.37 -0.03 1.04 -1.20 -0.20 6.16 11.44
Difference -2.05 -0.20 0.24 -2.05 -0.51 0.04 -1.54 -1.97 -4.16 0.26 0.13 -0.73 -0.36 1.09 0.86 1.38 3.30 3.16 -0.96

Performance Chart

Discount

Characteristics

PORTFOLIO
Weighted Average Data
Discount
-5.01%
1Yr Disc
-7.47%
3Yr Disc
-9.90%
5Yr Disc
-9.45%
Rel Disc Range (3yr)
78.14%
Mkt Yield
8.30%
Lev Adj NAV Yield
6.51%
After Tax Yield*
7.64%
Est Tax Friction*
0.66%
3Yr NAV Volatiliy
12.99
1 Yr RoC
49.45%
3 Yr Dest RoC
10.01%
Leverage
24.03%
Non Lev Exp Ratio
1.24%
Beta (2yr)
0.72
Equity Exposure
49.41%
Bond Exposure
49.61%
# Holdings
43
Cash Weighted Duration
4.67
Comp NAV TR
-0.82%
Comp Discount
-0.56%
Net Assets (M)
777
Liquidity - 90d (K)
2,358
* Based on marginal tax rates of 25% and long-term capital gains rates of 15%.

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation as reported by each fund's sponsor as of the last reporting period.

Constituents


43 Funds

Ticker Name Sponsor Allocation Discount Market Yield RoC(1yr) Leverage Net Assets Liquidity (90d)
NEA Nuv AMT-Fr Qlty Muni Incm Fd Nuveen 1.37 -3.51 7.96 38.22 42.02 3,409 13,549
NAD Nuv Qlty Muni Incm Fd Nuveen 1.38 -3.47 7.94 34.22 42.37 2,759 10,734
NVG Nuv AMT-Fr Muni Cr Incm Fd Nuveen 1.38 -3.29 7.87 32.47 42.26 2,660 6,094
NZF Nuv Muni Cr Incm Fd Nuveen 1.37 -3.14 7.94 24.97 41.44 2,404 5,865
NUV Nuv Muni Val Fd Nuveen 1.37 -2.34 4.46 0.00 4.10 1,860 4,776
NMZ Nuv Muni Hi Incm Opp Fd Nuveen 1.37 1.56 7.53 14.03 41.08 1,179 3,743
BTT BR Muni 2030 Tgt Trm Tr BlackRock 1.36 -9.11 2.54 0.00 35.14 1,552 3,589
VGM Invsc Tr fr Inv Grd Muni Invesco 1.37 -5.89 8.08 34.61 36.00 553 2,839
VMO Invsc Muni Opp Tr Invesco 1.37 -5.89 8.09 34.38 38.00 664 2,603
MYI BR MuniYld Qlty Fd III BlackRock 1.38 -7.42 6.28 19.31 40.59 762 2,265
NMCO Nuv Muni Cr Opp Fd Nuveen 1.37 -0.74 7.62 15.52 42.25 596 2,059
MQY BR MuniYld Qlty Fd BlackRock 1.38 -6.49 6.20 19.63 38.99 863 2,018
NDMO Nuv Dyn Muni Opp Fd Nuveen 1.38 -1.92 7.29 37.95 30.58 620 1,818
PML PIMCO Muni Incm Fd II PIMCO 1.36 -5.22 6.36 26.64 42.40 523 1,708
IQI Invsc Qlty Muni Incm Tr Invesco 1.37 -5.31 8.00 28.74 35.00 528 1,721
VKQ Invsc Muni Tr Invesco 1.37 -6.46 8.14 33.80 39.00 548 1,692
IIM Invsc Val Muni Incm Tr Invesco 1.36 -4.57 7.91 28.78 34.00 577 1,630
EIM EV Muni Bnd Fd Eaton Vance 1.35 -7.21 6.32 25.59 35.20 562 1,396
MMU WA Mgd Muni Fd Franklin Templeton 1.38 -6.52 6.52 21.77 32.74 586 1,386
MYD BR MuniYld Fd BlackRock 1.37 -8.77 6.48 17.47 40.34 506 1,350
BLE BR Muni Incm Tr II BlackRock 1.37 -8.36 6.42 19.77 40.02 525 1,308
VKI Invsc Adv Muni Incm Tr II Invesco 1.36 -4.43 7.97 32.37 38.00 391 1,273
PTA Tx-Adv Pref Sec Pref Sec & Incm Fd Cohen&Steers 3.76 -4.03 8.04 14.30 35.00 1,152 2,170
NPFD Nuv Var Rt Pref & Incm Fd Nuveen 3.76 -3.83 10.40 30.46 36.49 485 1,126
DFP F&C Dyn Pref & Incm Fd Flaherty & Crumrine 3.76 -7.49 6.79 0.00 37.80 460 1,188
JPC Nuv Pref & Incm Opp Fd Nuveen 3.80 1.37 9.83 12.24 36.94 2,588 8,289
NML NB Nrg Infra & Incm Fd Neuberger Berman 14.78 -8.21 7.84 100.00 17.97 552 1,707
DPG D&P Util & Infra Fd Virtus 2.12 -8.56 6.78 34.41 25.23 498 1,122
IGD Voya Glbl Eq Div & Prm Opp Voya 2.13 -4.76 10.34 76.42 0.00 480 1,212
AEF abrdn Emrg Mkt ex-China Fd abrdn 2.13 -11.08 10.10 98.44 10.97 271 913
IGA Voya Glbl Adv & Prm Opp Fd Voya 2.11 -3.71 10.33 45.98 0.00 157 771
TEAF Tortoise Susble & Soc Impact Trm Tortoise 2.13 -8.23 8.80 46.41 15.60 180 536
BOE BR Enh Glbl DivTr BlackRock 2.16 -7.62 8.61 65.01 0.00 693 1,696
AOD abrdn Tot Dyn Div Fd abrdn 2.16 -7.71 12.03 43.84 2.46 1,026 4,584
BGY BR Enh Intl DivTr BlackRock 2.13 -7.48 8.80 27.29 0.00 569 1,540
AGD abrdn Glbl Dyn Div Fd abrdn 2.16 -0.44 11.79 40.21 4.17 280 1,557
BUI BR Util Infra & Pwr OppTr BlackRock 2.13 3.33 6.34 15.98 0.00 566 1,508
BXMX Nuv S&P 500 By-Wrt Inc Fd Nuveen 2.17 -7.45 7.83 78.22 0.00 1,567 2,842
SPXX Nuv S&P 500 Dyn Owrt Fd Nuveen 2.18 -1.00 7.57 70.20 0.00 324 1,012
JEQ abrdn Japan Eq Fd abrdn 2.11 -4.11 5.89 58.80 9.07 110 641
IDE Voya Infra Ind & Matrls Fd Voya 2.13 -3.47 10.27 38.50 0.00 184 640
RLTY C&S Rel-Est Opp & Incm Fd Cohen&Steers 5.06 -4.68 8.53 64.32 34.00 271 1,081
JRI Nuv Rel-Ast Incm & Gwth Fd Nuveen 5.06 -0.07 11.75 56.14 31.78 374 1,848

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