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 SymbolFPNTX
Fund Cusip67065L740
Inception Date10/29/1986
Latest NAV as of 9/02/2010$10.79
Latest Monthly Dividend (9/01/2010)$0.0360

Portfolio Manager(s)

Cathryn P. Steeves, Ph.D. serves as a portfolio manager for several Nuveen East Coast state-specific open-end municipal bond funds, as well as various Midwest and Southeast municipal bond funds. In addition, she manages several of Nuveen's closed-end funds. She joined Nuveen in 1996 and worked as a senior analyst analyzing hospitals, nursing homes and continuing care retirement facilities. She earned her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and her M.A., M. Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.

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.