Fixed Income

Indices are unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in an index. Unless otherwise noted, performance of indices do not account for any fees, commissions or other expenses that would be incurred. Returns do not include reinvested dividends.

Bloomberg 1 – 10 Year Blend Municipal Bond Index: The Bloomberg 1 – 10 Blend Municipal Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value-weighted index engineered for the intermediate term tax-exempt bond market.

Bloomberg Muni 1 – 15 Yr. Blend: The Bloomberg 1 – 15 Year Blend Municipal Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value-weighted index engineered for the long-term tax-exempt bond market.

Bloomberg 1 – 5 Yr Blend Muni Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value-weighted index engineered for the long-term tax-exempt bond market.

Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Index: Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index of investment grade (Baa3 or better) tax-exempt bonds with a remaining maturity of at least one year.

BofA 91-Day T-Bill Index: The ICE BofA 3 Month Treasury Bill Index is comprised of a single issue purchased at the beginning of the month and held for a full month.

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities (agency and non-agency).

Bloomberg High Yield Corporate 2% Cap Index: Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index is an unmanaged index that measures the market of U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bonds. It is a version of the Bloomberg High Yield Corporate Bond Index except it limits its exposure of each issuer to 2% of the total market value and redistributes any excess market value Index-wide on a pro-rata basis.

Bloomberg Muni Bond 60 – 40 High Yield/Inv Grade: The Bloomberg Municipal Bond 60 – 40 Investment Grade/ High Yield Index is an unmanaged index of investment and non-investment-grade bonds with a 60% weighting in the Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Index and a 40% weighting to the Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Index.

Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Idx: Bloomberg Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index is an unmanaged index of prices of U.S. government and corporate bonds with remaining maturities of one to 10 years.

ICE BofA 1- Year U.S. Treasury Note Index: ICE BofA 1-Year U.S. Treasury Note Index is composed of a single issue: the outstanding Treasury note that matures closest to, but not beyond, one year from each monthly rebalancing date.

75% ICE BofA 6 – 12m Muni/ 25% ICE BofA 1 – 3y US Muni: ICE BofA 6 – 12 Month Municipal Securities Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, tax-exempt debt, publicly issued by U.S. states and territories, and their political subdivisions, in the U.S. domestic market. Qualifying securities must have at least six months and less than12 months remaining term to final maturity, a fixed coupon schedule, and an investment-grade rating (based on an average of Moody's, S&P and Fitch).                        

ICE BofA 1 – 3 Year U.S. Municipal Securities Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, tax-exempt debt, publicly issued by U.S. states and territories, and their political subdivisions, in the U.S. domestic market. Qualifying securities must have one to three years remaining term to maturity, a fixed coupon schedule, and an investment-grade rating (based on an average of Moody's, S&P and Fitch).

Bloomberg Govt Credit Index: Bloomberg Government/Credit Bond Index Created in 1979, the U.S. Government/Credit Index is the oldest macro index published by Lehman Brothers. It is the combination of the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government- Related, and U.S. Corporates Indices and is equivalent to the union of the U.S. Government and U.S. Credit Indices. Prior to 2000, the index was named the U.S. Government/Corporate Index.

Bloomberg TIPS Adjusted Index (Legacy Lehman): Bloomberg U.S. TIPS Index is an unmanaged index designed to represent securities that protect against adverse inflation and provide a minimum level of real return.

iMoneyNet Fund Average^TM Government/Agencies Retail category includes all the most broadly based of the government retail funds. These funds may invest in U.S. Treasuries, U.S. agencies, repos or government[1]backed floating rate notes. The category average is the average of all of the funds in this category reported by iMoneyNet.

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Performance returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate. Performance returns contained herein are subject to revision by NTAM. Comparative indices shown are provided as an indication of the performance of a particular segment of the capital markets and/or alternative strategies in general. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in any index. Net performance returns are reduced by investment management fees and other expenses relating to the management of the account. Gross performance returns contained herein include reinvestment of dividends and other earnings, transaction costs, and all fees and expenses other than investment management fees, unless indicated otherwise. For additional information on fees, please refer to Part 2a of the Form ADV or consult an NTI representative.

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