Industry description
The investment seeks current income, and a secondary objective is capital appreciation.
In pursuing its investment objectives, the fund generally invests in corporate bonds, government bonds, dividend-paying common stocks, preferred and convertible preferred stocks, income trusts (including business trusts, oil royalty trusts and real estate investment trusts), money market instruments and cash equivalents. Under normal circumstances, it will invest at least 80% of its assets in dividend paying or other income producing securities.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the IMS Strategic Income MF was -16%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was -38% and the average quarterly volume growth was -47%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 52
P/E Growth Rating: 69
Price Growth Rating: 40
SMR Rating: 49
Profit Risk Rating: 54
Seasonality Score: -20 (-100 ... +100)