Investment Strategy

The Fund generally invests at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities that are covered by insurance guaranteeing the timely payment of principal and interest, primarily through investments in high-quality municipal bonds. The Fund seeks to provide as high a level of current income exempt from regular federal and New York personal income tax.*

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 SymbolNNYIX
Fund Cusip67065N639
Inception Date9/07/1994
Latest NAV as of 9/02/2010$10.40
Latest Monthly Dividend (9/01/2010)$0.0325

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.