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MainStay MacKay Strategic Bond C MSICX Fund Analysis

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Morningstar’s Analysis MSICX

Will MSICX outperform in future?

Get our overall rating based on a fundamental assessment of the pillars below.

  • Process Pillar

    The Process Pillar is our assessment of how sensible, clearly defined, and repeatable MSICX’s performance objective and investment process is for both security selection and portfolio construction.

  • People Pillar

    The People Pillar is our evaluation of the MSICX management team’s experience and ability. We find that high-quality management teams deliver superior performance relative to their benchmarks and/or peers.

  • Parent Pillar

    The Parent Pillar is our rating of MSICX’s parent organization’s priorities and whether they’re in line with investors’ interests.

A go-anywhere fund in search of an identity.

Senior Analyst Paul Olmsted

Paul Olmsted

Senior Analyst

Summary

Guided by the managers’ best ideas, MainStay MacKay Strategic Bond is still striving to establish its niche among its nontraditional bond peers. Higher personnel turnover, including the recent departure of the fund’s comanager, warrants caution here.

by Paul Olmsted
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