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JPMorgan Short-Interm Muncpl Bd A OSTAX

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  • NAV / 1-Day Return 10.09  /  0.00
  • Total Assets 807.6 Mil
  • Adj. Expense Ratio
    0.700%
  • Expense Ratio 0.700%
  • Distribution Fee Level Above Average
  • Share Class Type Front Load
  • Category Muni National Short
  • Credit Quality / Interest Rate Sensitivity Medium/Limited
  • Min. Initial Investment 1,000
  • Status Open
  • TTM Yield 2.03%
  • Effective Duration 2.52 years

USD | NAV as of Mar 27, 2024 | 1-Day Return as of Mar 27, 2024, 10:19 PM GMT+0

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Morningstar’s Analysis OSTAX

Medalist rating as of .

JPMorgan Short-Interm Muncpl Bd A boasts strong People and Process Pillar ratings, but other weaknesses hold this strategy's Morningstar Medalist Rating at Neutral.

Our research team assigns Neutral ratings to strategies they’re not confident will outperform a relevant index, or most peers, over a market cycle on a risk-adjusted basis.

JPMorgan Short-Interm Muncpl Bd A boasts strong People and Process Pillar ratings, but other weaknesses hold this strategy's Morningstar Medalist Rating at Neutral.

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Summary

Fees are a weakness here. The strategy's lofty fees are a high hurdle to clear, as it is priced within the second-highest quintile among peers.

The strategy underwent an entire portfolio management team change less than a year ago, but confidence in the strategy's new leadership drives an Above Average People Pillar rating, following a recent upgrade from Average. The strategy's effective investment approach earns an Above Average Process Pillar rating. Independent of the rating, analysis of the strategy's portfolio shows it has maintained an underweight position in AAA rated bonds and debt with 20- to 30-year maturities compared with category peers. The strategy's parent organization earns the firm an Above Average Parent Pillar rating, and this rating is inherited from vehicles belonging to the same branding entity and is indirectly assigned by an analyst.

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Morningstar's evaluation of this fund's process seeks to understand management's investment philosophy, and whether it has been applied consistently over time and can add value across the market cycle.

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Process

Above Average

JPMorgan Short-Intermediate Muncpl Bd Fd earns an Above Average Process Pillar rating.

The predominant contributor to the rating is the parent firm's five-year risk-adjusted success ratio of 57%. The measure indicates the percentage of a firm's funds that survived and outperformed their respective category's median Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return for the period. The parent firm's impressive risk-adjusted performance, as shown by its average 10-year Morningstar Rating of 3.3 stars, also contributes to the process. Lastly, the process is limited by being an actively managed strategy. Historical data, such as Morningstar's Active/Passive Barometer, finds that actively managed funds have generally underperformed their passive counterparts, especially over longer time horizons.

Compared with other funds in the Muni National Short Morningstar Category, this fund, historically, hews closely to peers' credit and interest-rate sensitivity over the past few years. Opening the analysis to additional factors, the portfolio has displayed biases over time, whether towards or away from certain fixed-income instruments. Compared with the average strategy in the category, the managers have been underweight AAA rated bonds in recent years. In the latest month, the strategy has also relatively underweighted AAA rated bonds compared with Morningstar Category peers. Additionally, there's been a bias away from debt with 20- to 30-year maturities over the past few years. Similarly, in recent months, the strategy also had less exposure to debt with 20- to 30-year maturities than peers. Finally, during the past few years, the fund leaned away from corporate bonds. Nevertheless, the fund's corporate debt exposure was in line with peers in the latest month.

This strategy has a modest 2.0% 12-month yield, lower than its average peers' 2.5%. In addition, it has a 2.5% 30-day SEC yield (a measure similar to yield-to-maturity). A lower yield tends to indicate lower credit risk. But that isn't always the case. Over the past 12 months, the average yield of the fund has been lower than the average yield of its Morningstar Category peers. The portfolio's average surveyed credit quality is on par with peers, with both the fund and the average being rated A.

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The fund earns an Above Average People Pillar rating.

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People

Above Average

Even though this strategy’s track record dates back to May 1998, the listed management team joined within the past three years. Therefore, the track record achieved under the previous team is not representative of the fund’s current merits.

Note: The People Pillar rating is indirectly assigned by an analyst. At least one of the managers on this fund manages a different product rated by an analyst. The analyst-assigned People Pillar rating(s) for these managers are combined with algorithmic scores for any non-covered managers on a tenure-weighted basis.

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A well-resourced, thoughtful, and disciplined steward of client assets, JPMorgan Asset Management maintains an Above Average Parent rating.

Associate Director Emory Zink

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Associate Director

Parent

Above Average

As of 2022, this investment stalwart manages more than USD 2.5 trillion in AUM. Composed of various global cohorts and diverse asset classes, the firm has more tightly integrated its capabilities in recent years, notably through the development of proprietary analytical and risk systems. Investment teams are robustly staffed and helmed by seasoned contributors. The firm’s strategies tend to produce reliable portfolios, and several flagship offerings are Morningstar Medalists. Manager incentives align with fundholders'; compensation reflects longer-term performance factors, and portfolio managers invest in the firm’s strategies as part of their compensation plans.

The firm’s funds tend to be well-priced, but they aren’t as competitive as many highly regarded peers of similar scale. Recent product launches include thematic and single-country strategies, both of which carry the potential for volatile performance and flows, along with misuse by investors. The firm remains intrepid when it comes to developing an environmental, social, and governance-focused framework and continues to move into other areas such as direct indexing through its 55iP acquisition and China through its joint venture, but these complicated initiatives take time to assess any real and lasting effect.

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Following a complete portfolio management regime change, JPMorgan Short-Intermediate Muncpl Bd Fd's long-term track record, dating back to May 1998, may no longer be indicative of the current strategy.

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Performance

This makes it difficult to compare recent and past performance. The new team took the reins in February 2024. With this narrow of a time frame with the new team, it is difficult to make a meaningful assessment of the fund’s performance.

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It is imperative to evaluate fees, which compound over time and diminish returns.

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Price

This share class sits in the second-costliest quintile of its Morningstar Category. Its high fee, in conjunction with the fund’s People, Process, and Parent Pillars, indicates that this share class could struggle to produce positive alpha against its category benchmark, leading to its Morningstar Medalist Rating of Neutral.

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Portfolio Holdings OSTAX

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  • % Assets in Top 10 Holdings 12.2
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