Short-Term Income strategy differentiators

  • Independent credit research with a preference toward issuers with a margin of safety.

  • Long-term investment horizon seeking to capitalize on value opportunities.

  • Longstanding investment process that integrates a top-down, bottom-up analysis and a disciplined focus on risk management.

Strategy facts

  • Manager

    Principal Fixed Income

  • Inception

    1 February 1998

  • Index

    Bloomberg U.S. Credit 1-3 Year Index

  • Targeted number of issuers

    150-225

  • Expected turnover

    50%

  • Investment vehicles
    U.S. Mutual Fund

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Portfolio Manager
Name
Michael Goosay
32 years of experience
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Portfolio Manager
Name
Scott Peterson, CFA
34 years of experience
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Portfolio Manager
Name
John Friedl, CFA
25 years of experience
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Fixed‐income investment options are subject to interest rate risk, and their value will decline as interest rates rise.

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The Bloomberg U.S. Credit 1-3 years Index is composed of publicly issued U.S. corporate and specified foreign debentures and secured notes that meet the specified maturity, liquidity, and quality requirements. To qualify, bonds must be SEC-registered.

Principal Fixed Income is an investment team within Principal Global Investors.