- What does TSBIX invest in?
- This fund commits at least 80% of its holdings to debt instruments. For the purpose of this strategy, 'bonds' are defined broadly to encompass all types of fixed-income securities. Its primary objective is to invest across a diverse spectrum of high-quality fixed-income products, including, but not limited to, obligations issued by the U.S. government, corporate debt, municipal bonds subject to taxation, and various asset-backed instruments such as mortgage-backed securities.
- What is the expense ratio of TSBIX?
- TIAA-CREF Core Impact Bond Fund Institutional Class (TSBIX) charges an expense ratio of 0.35%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- What is TSBIX's dividend yield?
- TSBIX's trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.43%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.
- What is the duration of TSBIX?
- Effective duration measures TSBIX's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. TSBIX's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.
- What is the credit quality of TSBIX?
- TSBIX's credit quality breakdown — the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below — is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds.
- What is the yield to maturity of TSBIX?
- Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from TSBIX if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. TSBIX's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website — it differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid.
