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Core Fixed Income strategy differentiators

  • Research-driven, low-turnover strategy focused on bonds with a margin of safety.

  • Independent credit research with a strategic bias toward corporate bonds.

  • Forward-looking investment process that integrates a top-down, bottom-up analysis and a disciplined focus on risk management.

Strategy facts

  • Manager

    Principal Fixed Income

  • Inception

    1 January 1997

  • Index

    Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index

  • Targeted number of holdings

    100-150

  • Expected turnover

    10-20%

  • Investment vehicles
    SMA, U.S. Mutual Fund, CIT

Principal Fixed Income

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Portfolio Manager
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Michael Goosay
32 years of experience
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Portfolio Manager
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John Friedl, CFA
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Scott Peterson, CFA
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Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Fixed‐income investment options are subject to interest rate risk, and their value will decline as interest rates rise.

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The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index measures the performance of investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM passthroughs), ABS, and CMBS.

Principal Fixed Income is an investment team within Principal Global Investors.