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Presentation of Performance of Market Indices
Various market indices may be referred to in these materials. Please see following for a brief description of these indices and comparisons. Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment. The performance of an index does not reflect expenses associated with the active management of an actual portfolio.
ICE BofAML US Mortgage Backed Securities Index tracks the performance of US dollar denominated fixed rate residential mortgage pass-through securities publicly issued by US agencies in the US domestic market. 30-year, 20-year and 15-year fixed rate mortgage pools are included in the Index provided they have at least one year remaining term to final maturity and a minimum amount outstanding of at least $5 billion per generic coupon and $250 million per production year within each generic coupon. Hybrid, interest-only, balloon, mobile home, graduated payment and quarter coupon fixed rate mortgages are excluded from the index, as are all collateralized mortgage obligations.
ICE BofAML Conventional 30-Year Mortgage backed Securities Index is a subset of ICE BofAML US Mortgage Backed Securities Index including all 30-year securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac except for interest-only fixed rate mortgage pools and hybrids.
ICE BofAML US 15-Year Mortgage Backed Securities Index is a subset of ICE BofAML US Mortgage Backed Securities Index including all 15-year securities except for interest-only fixed rate mortgage pools and hybrids.
ICE BofAML AAA US Credit Card Asset Backed Securities Index is a subset of ICE BofAML US Fixed Rate Asset Backed Securities Index including all asset backed securities collateralized by credit card loans and rated AAA.
ICE BofAML AAA US Fixed Rate Automobile Asset Backed Securities Index is a subset of ICE BofAML US Fixed Rate Asset Backed Securities Index including all securities collateralized by auto loan receivables and rated AAA.
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate pass-throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency).
Bloomberg Barclays US Government Credit Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the non-securitized component of the US Aggregate Index. The index includes investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate treasuries, government-related and corporate securities.
ICE BofAML US Corporate Index tracks the performance of US dollar denominated investment grade corporate debt publicly issued in the US domestic market.
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