Lipper Rankings | Mutual Funds | Nuveen Investments

Lipper Rankings

I want to...

Lipper rankings are based on total return and relate to share class indicated. The returns assume reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect any applicable sales charge. Absent expense limitation, total return would be less. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Percentile rank shaded in ¹

As of Date: 12/31/2011

Fund Name	Share Class	1 Yr	3 Yr	5 Yr	10 Yr	Since Inception	Lipper Peer Group
All-American Municipal Bond	A	7th 15 of 245	7th 15 of 222	10th 18 of 193	13th 20 of 161	--	Lipper General Municipal Debt Funds
Arizona Municipal Bond	A	47th 15 of 31	26th 8 of 30	35th 10 of 28	50th 12 of 23	--	Lipper Arizona Municipal Debt Funds
California High Yield Municipal Bond	A	4th 4 of 114	5th 5 of 110	95th 95 of 99	--	93rd 89 of 95	Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds
California Municipal Bond	A	19th 21 of 114	14th 15 of 110	36th 36 of 99	30th 24 of 79	--	Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds
California Municipal Bond 2	A	20th 8 of 41	10th 4 of 41	88th 34 of 38	59th 23 of 38	--	Lipper Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Fds
California Tax Free*	A	31st 35 of 114	36th 39 of 110	7th 7 of 99	10th 8 of 79	--	Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds
Colorado Municipal Bond	A	43rd 8 of 18	23rd 4 of 17	42nd 7 of 16	48th 8 of 16	--	Lipper Colorado Municipal Debt Funds
Colorado Tax Free*	A	22nd 4 of 18	12th 2 of 17	24th 4 of 16	30th 5 of 16	--	Lipper Colorado Municipal Debt Funds
Connecticut Municipal Bond	A	64th 14 of 21	20th 4 of 19	24th 4 of 16	19th 3 of 15	--	Lipper Connecticut Municipal Debt Funds
Core Bond*	A	85th 506 of 597	12th 57 of 511	55th 231 of 424	65th 190 of 293	--	Lipper Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds
Equity Income*	A	60th 169 of 285	35th 85 of 248	34th 71 of 212	62nd 66 of 106	--	Lipper Equity Income Funds
Equity Index*	A	58th 90 of 156	60th 92 of 154	55th 82 of 150	59th 69 of 116	--	Lipper S&P 500 Index Objective Funds
Georgia Municipal Bond	A	36th 6 of 16	36th 6 of 16	63rd 10 of 15	34th 5 of 14	--	Lipper Georgia Municipal Debt Funds
Global Infrastructure*	A	36th 32 of 89	45th 18 of 39	--	--	30th 8 of 26	Lipper Specialty/Miscellaneous Funds
High Income Bond*	A	84th 412 of 491	20th 81 of 424	48th 169 of 356	44th 105 of 238	--	Lipper High Current Yield Funds
High Yield Municipal Bond	A	23rd 28 of 125	8th 8 of 104	87th 77 of 88	76th 49 of 64	--	Lipper High Yield Municipal Debt Funds
Inflation Protected Municipal Bond	A	--	--	--	--	39th 69 of 178	Lipper Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds
Inflation Protected Securities*	A	55th 90 of 163	23rd 28 of 125	45th 50 of 111	--	53rd 34 of 64	Lipper Treasury Inflation Protected Securities
Intermediate Duration Municipal Bond	A	70th 122 of 174	32nd 45 of 140	67th 85 of 127	57th 50 of 88	--	Lipper Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds
Intermediate Government Bond*	A	89th 62 of 69	89th 55 of 61	64th 37 of 57	--	66th 32 of 48	Lipper Intermediate U.S. Government Funds
Intermediate Term Bond*	A	42nd 60 of 142	14th 18 of 128	32nd 38 of 118	36th 27 of 75	--	Lipper Short-Intmdt Investment Grade Debt Funds
International*	A	37th 87 of 240	82nd 182 of 222	67th 127 of 190	79th 89 of 112	--	Lipper International Large-Cap Growth
International Select*	A	76th 182 of 240	46th 102 of 222	47th 88 of 190	--	46th 85 of 184	Lipper International Large-Cap Growth
Kansas Municipal Bond	A	22nd 30 of 139	25th 32 of 130	6th 7 of 126	15th 17 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
Kentucky Municipal Bond	A	51st 71 of 139	50th 65 of 130	35th 44 of 126	25th 29 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
Large Cap Growth Opportunities*	A	64th 479 of 756	33rd 213 of 658	15th 84 of 569	30th 107 of 362	--	Lipper Large-Cap Growth Funds
Large Cap Select*	A	96th 1014 of 1066	50th 472 of 958	80th 659 of 827	--	83rd 492 of 596	Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds
Large Cap Value*	A	68th 351 of 520	88th 415 of 471	67th 279 of 419	83rd 208 of 251	--	Lipper Large-Cap Value Funds
Limited Term Municipal Bond	A	21st 8 of 38	28th 9 of 32	25th 7 of 27	43rd 9 of 20	--	Lipper Short-Intmdt Municipal Debt Funds
Louisiana Municipal Bond	A	5th 6 of 139	9th 11 of 130	43rd 54 of 126	37th 43 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
Maryland Municipal Bond	A	56th 20 of 35	30th 10 of 33	23rd 7 of 30	9th 2 of 23	--	Lipper Maryland Municipal Debt Funds
Massachusetts Municipal Bond	A	89th 39 of 43	19th 8 of 42	35th 14 of 40	32nd 11 of 34	--	Lipper Massachusetts Municipal Debt Funds
Michigan Municipal Bond	A	39th 8 of 20	39th 8 of 20	32nd 6 of 18	20th 3 of 14	--	Lipper Michigan Municipal Debt Funds
Mid Cap Growth Opportunities*	A	48th 242 of 506	13th 53 of 425	32nd 109 of 347	6th 13 of 236	--	Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds
Mid Cap Index*	A	37th 112 of 309	37th 98 of 269	20th 46 of 231	29th 45 of 156	--	Lipper Mid-Cap Core Funds
Mid Cap Select*	A	87th 344 of 395	97th 335 of 347	86th 267 of 310	96th 184 of 192	--	Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds
Mid Cap Value*	A	83rd 199 of 241	92nd 187 of 203	60th 106 of 177	39th 35 of 90	--	Lipper Mid-Cap Value Funds
Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond*	A	5th 5 of 110	2nd 2 of 107	16th 16 of 104	12th 10 of 87	--	Lipper Other States Intermediate Muni Debt Fds
Minnesota Municipal Bond*	A	13th 5 of 40	16th 6 of 37	17th 6 of 36	13th 4 of 30	--	Lipper Minnesota Municipal Debt Funds
Missouri Municipal Bond	A	20th 27 of 139	11th 14 of 130	23rd 28 of 126	18th 20 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
Missouri Tax Free*	A	25th 35 of 139	22nd 28 of 130	9th 11 of 126	34th 39 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
Multi-Manager Large-Cap Value	A	40th 206 of 520	45th 209 of 471	25th 101 of 419	54th 135 of 251	--	Lipper Large-Cap Value Funds
Municipal Bond	A	30th 73 of 245	67th 149 of 222	50th 97 of 193	46th 74 of 161	--	Lipper General Municipal Debt Funds
Municipal Bond 2	A	32nd 77 of 245	24th 52 of 222	62nd 119 of 193	60th 96 of 161	--	Lipper General Municipal Debt Funds
Nebraska Municipal Bond*	A	53rd 73 of 139	31st 40 of 130	24th 30 of 126	26th 30 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
New Jersey Municipal Bond	A	17th 8 of 48	30th 14 of 47	10th 4 of 40	28th 9 of 32	--	Lipper New Jersey Municipal Debt Funds
New Mexico Municipal Bond	A	46th 64 of 139	46th 59 of 130	42nd 53 of 126	45th 52 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
New York Municipal Bond	A	33rd 32 of 98	26th 22 of 85	12th 9 of 78	9th 6 of 69	--	Lipper New York Municipal Debt Funds
North Carolina Municipal Bond	A	72nd 18 of 24	46th 11 of 23	22nd 5 of 22	19th 3 of 15	--	Lipper North Carolina Municipal Debt Funds
NWQ Large-Cap Value	A	90th 464 of 520	44th 207 of 471	67th 278 of 419	--	66th 271 of 415	Lipper Large-Cap Value Funds
NWQ Multi-Cap Value	A	77th 561 of 729	34th 209 of 629	97th 532 of 549	--	--	Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds
NWQ Small/Mid-Cap Value	A	8th 51 of 692	7th 40 of 629	66th 326 of 498	--	66th 328 of 496	Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds
NWQ Small-Cap Value	A	21st 140 of 692	11th 64 of 629	82nd 405 of 498	--	59th 232 of 395	Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds
Ohio Municipal Bond	A	27th 10 of 37	25th 9 of 36	18th 6 of 33	16th 4 of 25	--	Lipper Ohio Municipal Debt Funds
Ohio Tax Free*	A	50th 19 of 37	19th 7 of 36	15th 5 of 33	--	25th 7 of 28	Lipper Ohio Municipal Debt Funds
Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond*	A	15th 16 of 110	17th 18 of 107	33rd 34 of 104	38th 33 of 87	--	Lipper Other States Intermediate Muni Debt Fds
Pennsylvania Municipal Bond	A	30th 18 of 60	23rd 13 of 57	15th 8 of 53	21st 10 of 47	--	Lipper Pennsylvania Municipal Debt Funds
Preferred Securities	A	79th 32 of 40	38th 10 of 26	88th 21 of 23	--	88th 21 of 23	Lipper Flexible Income Funds
Quantitative Enhanced Core Equity*	A	39th 411 of 1066	58th 554 of 958	--	--	51st 433 of 855	Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds
Real Asset Income	A	--	--	--	--	9th 30 of 340	Lipper Global Flexible Port Funds
Real Estate Securities*	A	56th 116 of 209	24th 42 of 181	10th 15 of 154	4th 3 of 84	--	Lipper Real Estate Funds
Santa Barbara Dividend Growth	A	37th 103 of 285	64th 157 of 248	8th 15 of 212	--	9th 15 of 186	Lipper Equity Income Funds
Santa Barbara Global Growth	A	38th 57 of 151	--	--	--	30th 31 of 103	Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth
Santa Barbara Growth	A	26th 130 of 506	92nd 391 of 425	71st 245 of 347	--	79th 249 of 318	Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds
Santa Barbara International Growth	A	88th 177 of 201	--	--	--	32nd 51 of 162	Lipper International Multi-Cap Growth
Short Term Bond*	A	81st 206 of 254	37th 78 of 211	43rd 82 of 191	59th 60 of 102	--	Lipper Short Investment Grade Debt Funds
Short Term Municipal Bond*	A	10th 9 of 89	12th 8 of 70	21st 12 of 58	--	27th 11 of 41	Lipper Short Municipal Debt Funds
Small Cap Growth Opportunities*	A	70th 352 of 507	17th 72 of 440	31st 117 of 385	46th 115 of 250	--	Lipper Small-Cap Growth Funds
Small Cap Index*	A	68th 467 of 692	69th 432 of 629	60th 296 of 498	73rd 221 of 303	--	Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds
Small Cap Select*	A	38th 262 of 692	30th 188 of 629	49th 241 of 498	48th 145 of 303	--	Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds
Small Cap Value*	A	12th 36 of 305	71st 183 of 259	49th 112 of 232	68th 81 of 119	--	Lipper Small-Cap Value Funds
Strategy Aggressive Growth Allocation*	A	79th 137 of 174	38th 45 of 118	63rd 56 of 89	53rd 24 of 45	--	Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds
Strategy Balanced Allocation*	A	67th 328 of 490	25th 109 of 438	42nd 168 of 400	41st 75 of 185	--	Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Alloc Moderate Funds
Strategy Conservative Allocation*	A	52nd 227 of 437	15th 58 of 395	27th 85 of 317	19th 19 of 103	--	Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Alloc Consv Funds
Strategy Growth Allocation*	A	68th 378 of 561	40th 209 of 523	40th 178 of 451	41st 91 of 223	--	Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Alloc Growth Funds
Symphony Credit Opportunities	A	29th 139 of 491	--	--	--	13th 57 of 467	Lipper High Current Yield Funds
Symphony Floating Rate Income	A	--	--	--	--	22nd 30 of 140	Lipper Loan Participation Funds
Symphony International Equity	A	14th 33 of 240	76th 169 of 222	--	--	67th 136 of 204	Lipper International Large-Cap Growth
Symphony Large-Cap Growth	A	9th 45 of 506	16th 67 of 425	17th 59 of 347	--	19th 62 of 342	Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds
Symphony Large-Cap Value	A	50th 360 of 729	95th 597 of 629	64th 349 of 549	--	54th 272 of 506	Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds
Symphony Mid-Cap Core	A	72nd 524 of 729	14th 82 of 629	10th 51 of 549	--	11th 54 of 506	Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds
Symphony Optimized Alpha	A	17th 179 of 1066	16th 150 of 958	--	--	5th 41 of 866	Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds
Symphony Small-Mid Cap Core	A	67th 207 of 309	68th 181 of 269	80th 184 of 231	--	78th 168 of 217	Lipper Mid-Cap Core Funds
Tactical Market Opportunities*	A	--	--	--	--	--	Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds
Tax Free*	A	9th 20 of 245	5th 11 of 222	15th 28 of 193	10th 16 of 161	--	Lipper General Municipal Debt Funds
Tennessee Municipal	A	58th 80 of 139	55th 71 of 130	7th 8 of 126	7th 8 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds
Total Return Bond*	A	94th 559 of 597	1st 5 of 511	22nd 93 of 424	18th 50 of 293	--	Lipper Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds
Tradewinds Emerging Markets	A	95th 406 of 430	40th 130 of 331	--	--	42nd 136 of 330	Lipper Emerging Markets Funds
Tradewinds Global All-Cap	A	57th 37 of 65	12th 5 of 41	6th 2 of 34	--	8th 2 of 27	Lipper Global Multi-Cap Value
Tradewinds Global All-Cap Plus	A	97th 150 of 155	13th 11 of 90	--	--	14th 12 of 86	Lipper Long/Short Equity Funds
Tradewinds Global Flexible Allocation	A	93rd 245 of 265	--	--	--	93rd 213 of 229	Lipper Global Flexible Port Funds
Tradewinds Global Resources	A	82nd 117 of 142	25th 28 of 115	20th 13 of 64	--	11th 7 of 64	Lipper Global Natural Resources Funds
Tradewinds International Value	A	76th 161 of 213	87th 174 of 200	26th 38 of 148	29th 17 of 59	--	Lipper International Multi-Cap Core
Tradewinds Japan	A	55th 18 of 32	75th 20 of 26	--	--	71st 19 of 26	Lipper Japanese Funds
Tradewinds Small-Cap Opportunities	A	--	--	--	--	69th 63 of 91	Lipper Global Small-/Mid-Cap Funds
Tradewinds Value Opportunities	A	75th 542 of 729	5th 31 of 629	1st 3 of 549	--	1st 2 of 418	Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds
Virginia Municipal Bond	A	35th 11 of 31	30th 9 of 29	15th 4 of 27	13th 3 of 23	--	Lipper Virginia Municipal Debt Funds
Winslow Large-Cap Growth	A	39th 290 of 756	--	--	--	26th 172 of 671	Lipper Large-Cap Growth Funds
Wisconsin Municipal Bond	A	15th 20 of 139	28th 36 of 130	15th 19 of 126	24th 27 of 116	--	Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds

* Former First American Fund.

¹ A percentage value for a fund as it compares to all other funds for the classification the fund resides in. The lower the number, the better the fund's performance relative to its classification.

^†Effective January 18, 2011, former First American Funds’ Class Y shares were renamed Class I shares and Class R shares were renamed Class R3 shares. See the Fund’s prospectus for more information.

^**Effective January 18, 2011, Class C shares were renamed Class C1 shares. See the Fund’s prospectus for more information.