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Short Duration Investment Grade Strategy

We believe successful, long-term fixed income investing starts with small, individual security decisions.

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Team

Group Item Count: 3
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Mark Jackson, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Group Item Count: 3
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Henry Song, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Group Item Count: 3
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Douglas Gimple

Senior Portfolio Specialist

Philosophy and process highlights

We believe careful selection of undervalued securities and spread sectors offering incremental yield and total return relative to the index is the best way to generate successful long-term investment outcomes.

We focus on securitized products as we believe this differentiated approach provides more opportunities to achieve higher credit quality while maintaining a yield advantage as compared to those invested in government or corporate credit-focused strategies.

We constantly look for value-add opportunities, which can lead to allocations outside of the benchmark with a focus on the securitized market.

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Short Duration Investment Grade Composite

Returns

Period and Annualized Total Returns (%) As of 30 Sep 2024
Since Inception
(30 Nov 2021)
1YYTD3MOSep
Gross of Fees 3.68 9.84 6.69 2.85 0.85
Net of Fees 3.32 9.46 6.41 2.76 0.82
Bloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index 1.74 7.19 4.38 2.96 0.83
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Period and Annualized Total Returns (%) As of 30 Sep 2024
Since Inception
(30 Nov 2021)
1YYTD3Q24
Gross of Fees 3.68 9.84 6.69 2.85
Net of Fees 3.32 9.46 6.41 2.76
Bloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index 1.74 7.19 4.38 2.96
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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Composite results reflect the reinvestment of dividends, capital gains and other earnings when appropriate. Net returns are calculated by reducing the gross returns by the highest stated fee in the composite fee schedule. Only transaction costs are deducted from gross of fees returns. Prior to 30 September 2022, actual fees were used in calculating net returns. All net returns were changed retroactively to reflect the highest fee in the composite fee schedule. To view a GIPS Report for all composites, click here.

Calendar Year Returns1 (%)

Year Gross of Fees Net of FeesBloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index
2023 7.86 7.49 4.61
2022 -3.64 -3.98 -3.69
2021 -0.09 -0.12 -0.15

Peer Group Quartile Rankings2 As of 30 Sep 2024

Diamond
Hill
Percentile
2nd
5th

Statistics

Portfolio Characteristics As of 30 Sep 2024

Short Duration Investment Grade Composite Bloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index
Inception 30 Nov 2021
Status Open
Number of Holdings 424 1,984
Yield To Maturity 6.21% 3.86%
Yield to Worst 6.16% 3.86%
Effective Duration 1.21 1.85
Weighted Average Life (years) 1.66 1.97
Convexity 0.02 0.04
Option-Adjusted Spread 214 14

Since Inception Risk Statistics As of 30 Sep 2024

Short Duration Investment Grade Composite Bloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index
Standard Deviation 2.18% 2.51%
Beta 0.74%
Sharpe Ratio 0.15 -0.84
R-Squared 73.28%
Information Ratio 1.88

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Portfolio

Portfolio Guidelines

The portfolio generally invests in a diversified portfolio of investment grade, fixed income securities. A significant portion of the portfolio may invest in securitized bond investments and will typically maintain an average portfolio duration of less than three.

Sector Allocation3 (%) As of 30 Sep 2024

Bloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index

Duration Breakdown (%)As of 30 Sep 2024

Short Duration Investment Grade Composite Bloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index
Less than one 52.0 5.9
1-3 39.6 94.1
3-5 7.9 0.0
5-7 0.1 0.0
7-10 0.3 0.0
10-20 0.0 0.0
20+ 0.1 0.0

Credit Quality Rating4 (%) As of 30 Sep 2024

AAA 26.2
AA 16.8
A 21.1
BBB 26.6
BB 0.9
B 0.0
CCC & Below 0.0
Not Rated 8.4

Key Rate Duration (%) As of 30 Sep 2024

Short Duration Investment Grade Composite Bloomberg US 1-3 Yr. Gov./Credit Index
1Y 0.23 0.37
2Y 0.32 0.90
3Y 0.35 0.54
5Y 0.20 0.00
10Y 0.10 0.00
20Y 0.01 0.00
30Y 0.00 0.00

1 2021 returns represent the time period 30 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2021.

2 Source: eVestment. Ranking within eVestment US Short Duration - Gov/Credit Fixed Income universe based on monthly returns gross of fees. Ranking data calculated on 16 Oct 2024 (as of 30 Sep 2024) and is subject to change as additional firms within the category submit data. Diamond Hill pays an annual fee to eVestment to access their platform and to use their data, including peer group rankings, in marketing materials. Diamond Hill does not pay for the ranking.

3 Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities. Cash & Other may include cash and money market funds.

4 Security quality ratings are derived from underlying portfolio securities by using the middle rating of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch. If only two of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch rates a security the higher of the two is selected. If only one of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch rates a security the available rating is used. For securities that are not rated by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, or Fitch a rating from a secondary Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) may be used. Ratings by any agency represent an opinion only, not a recommendation to buy or sell. Securities that are not rated by any agencies are reflected as Not Rated “NR.” 

Index data source: Bloomberg Index Services Limited. See diamond-hill.com/disclosures for a full copy of the disclaimer.

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