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Active Municipal Bonds
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

ICM offers to taxable clients an active, total return Municipal Bond strategy. Our active approach to municipal bond management strives to provide competetive tax-free coupon income while taking advantage of market inefficiencies and trading opportunities to produce cumulative after-tax total returns greater than those of a traditional laddered or buy-and-hold strategy over time.

PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS*
ACTIVE MUNICIPAL BOND

NUMBER OF ISSUES:


10-20
DURATION TARGET:

5-7
ISSUE MATURITY RANGE:

1-12 years
BENCHMARK:

Lehman Brothers 5-Year
Municipal Index

MINIMUM ACCOUNT SIZE:

$1,000,000
AVERAGE QUALITY:

AAA-AA
CURRENT YIELD:

4.3%

*Based upon ICM's Municipal Bond composite, excluding cash and cash equivalents, as of June 30, 2008.

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