Investment Strategy

The Fund invests primarily in investment-grade municipal bonds and is designed to provide as high a level of current interest income exempt from regular federal, state, and in some cases, local income taxes as is consistent with preservation of capital.*

Who should invest

Investors Seeking to:
  • Earn regular monthly dividends
  • Keep more of what they earn
  • Preserve investment capital over time

A Word On Risk

Investing in municipal bonds involves interest rate risk, the risk that interest rates will rise, causing bond prices to fall; and credit risk, the risk that an issuer of a municipal bond will be unable to make interest and principal payments. As with any mutual fund, loss of principal is a risk of investing.

Fund Basics: A Shares

Select Share Class: A | B | C | I
Fund SymbolFCOTX
Fund Cusip67065L609
Inception Date5/04/1987
Latest NAV as of 9/02/2010$10.31
Latest Monthly Dividend (9/01/2010)$0.0360

Portfolio Manager(s)

Scott Romans, PhD joined Nuveen Investments in 2000 as a senior analyst in the education sector. In January, 2003, he was assigned management responsibility for several closed- and open-ended municipal bond funds most of which are state funds covering California and other western states. Scott holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA and PhD from the University of Chicago.

Investment Spectrum


*Some income may be subject to state and local taxes and to the federal alternative minimum tax. Capital gains, if any, are subject to tax.