Payden Strategic Income Fund Adviser Class
NAV / Daily Prices
NAV ($)
9.69
NAV Change ($)
0.02
Change %
0.21%
MTD Return
0.41%
YTD Return
0.73%
Statistics
30-Day SEC YieldA
2.67%
Average Maturity
5.86 Years
Effective DurationB
4.01 Years
Expenses
Total Fund Operating Expenses
1.14%C
With Expense Cap
0.91%
| Total Returns | Quarter-End (12/31/2025) | Month-End (01/31/2026) |
| YTD | 6.59% | 0.31% |
| 1 Year | 6.59% | 6.07% |
| 3 Year | - | - |
| 5 Year | - | - |
| 10 Year | - | - |
| Since Inception | 6.59% | 6.47% |
Yearly Returns
2025
6.59%
2024
4.75%
2023
2.34%<sup>*</sup>
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
DividendsF
Dividend
$0.0300
Dividend Reinvest NAV
$9.65
Record Date
01/28/2026
Ex Date
01/29/2026
Payable Date
01/29/2026
Dividends Paid
Monthly
Capital GainsF
Short Term
None
Long Term
None
Reinvest NAV
None
Record Date
N/A
Ex Date
N/A
Payable Date
N/A
Investment Minimum
Investor Class - Regular Account
$100,000
Adviser Class - Regular Account
$5,000
SI Class
$10,000,000
Investor Class - IRA Account
$100,000
Adviser Class - IRA Account
$2,000
Additional Investment - All Classes
$250
Fund Snapshot
Fund Inception Date
05/08/2014
Share Class Inception Date
11/30/2023
Share Class
Adviser Class
Ticker
PYSLX
CUSIP
70432T750
Fund Total Net Assets
As of 01/31/2026
$183.2 Million
Sales Charge
None
Benchmark
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
Date as of
Role in Portfolio
Appropriate for investors with a long-term investment time horizon who seek higher income and diversification across the full bond universe.
Investment Strategy
The Payden Strategic Income Fund invests in a customized mix of fixed-income sectors across the entire bond universe and maturity curve. This strategy invests for the long term in a diversified mix of securities across multiple sectors, including emerging markets, high-yield and investment-grade corporates, and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.
Why Investors Choose This Fund?
Seeks income with a custom mix of investments across the yield curve.
Focuses on “best ideas” to uncover relative value opportunities globally, with the ability to invest anywhere.
Strategic investment time horizon encourages a flexible and creative approach to structuring the portfolio.
Duration Allocation
Duration
Percent of Portfolio
0-1 yr
20%
1-3 yrs
17%
3-5 yrs
23%
5-7 yrs
20%
7-10 yrs
17%
10+ yrs
3%
Credit AllocationH
Credit
Percent of Portfolio
AAA
13%
AA
37%
A
7%
BBB
23%
BB
12%
B
3%
Unrated
5%
Sector Allocation
Sector
Percent of Portfolio
U.S. Government
29%
Investment Grade Corporates
22%
Securitized
21%
High Yield
10%
Emerging Market Debt
9%
Agency MBS
7%
Muni
2%
Market
As 2026 gets underway, global markets are adjusting to a late-cycle environment characterized by moderating growth and cautious central banks. January’s data broadly supported a "cooling but resilient" global backdrop. Economic momentum slowed from late-2025 highs but remained intact, while inflation continued to ease unevenly. Policy uncertainty, geopolitics, and trade dynamics played an outsized role in shaping sentiment.
Outlook
Our outlook for 2026 can be characterized as cautiously optimistic, though risks are skewed to the downside. The U.S. economy remains central to our global outlook, particularly given the unusual divergence between strong GDP growth and a weakening labor market, an imbalance we do not expect to persist in 2026. In our view, the U.S. economy faces a binary path: either reaccelerating as technology-driven productivity gains take hold or slipping into recession if labor market softness begins to weigh more broadly on economic activity. In either scenario, U.S. inflation is expected to continue moderating. This disinflationary trend, combined with labor-market weakness, should allow the Federal Reserve to continue easing policy toward neutral, and potentially beyond. Outside the U.S., most developed economies are likely to remain resilient, supported by benign economic growth, declining inflation, and accommodating, or further easing, monetary policy.
Moderating inflation and range-bound inflation expectations have been historically associated with a negative correlation between interest rates and risk assets. With risks to economic growth tilted to the downside, we believe portfolios with a balanced and diversified allocation between duration and credit risk should be better positioned to navigate uncertainty and the wide range of potential outcomes in 2026. Despite the level of macroeconomic uncertainty across the economy, credit valuations remain at the most expensive end of their historical ranges, even as corporate fundamentals appear relatively healthy.
In this environment, we prefer to distribute risk in our portfolios in a more balanced manner across duration and credit. Consistent with our central outlook, we continue to hold modest overweight positions in higher-quality credit sectors, including investment-grade corporates and select high-quality securitized assets.
A. The 30-day SEC yield represents the dividends and interest earned for a 30-day period, annualized, and divided by the net asset values per share at the end of the period. The SEC yield is computed under a standardized formula which assumes all portfolio securities are held to maturity. This value may differ from the actual distribution rate of the fund.
B. Effective duration is a measure of the Fund’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
C. Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses include all direct operating expenses of the Fund, as well as 0.01% Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investment in other mutual funds and a Rule 12b-1 Distribution Fee of 0.25%. Payden & Rygel has contractually agreed to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement to 0.65%. This agreement has a one-year term ending February 28, 2026. Please note that the 0.91% Expense Cap includes the 0.65% expense, the 0.25% 12b-1 Distribution Fees, and the 0.01% Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
D. Quoted performance data represent past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, so investors' shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For the most recent month-end performance, which may be higher or lower than that quoted, go to the Mutual Funds > Performance page on this website, or call 800 572-9336.
E. Returns less than one year are not annualized.
F. Why do Payden mutual fund shareholders receive a distribution? Mutual funds are required by the IRS to distribute substantially all realized profits they earn to shareholders on at least an annual basis. If a fund has net gains from the sale of securities, or if it earns dividends or interest from securities, the fund must distribute those earnings to its shareholders. All distributions are taxable, unless an investor's shares are held in a tax-deferred or tax-exempt account such as an IRA. Payden shareholders have the option to receive their distributions in cash or to automatically reinvest the distribution back into the Fund. This information is not intended to provide tax advice. Please consult a qualified tax professional for advice specific to your circumstances. Dividends shown are historical and not guaranteed. Amounts may vary and do not predict future income.
G. The minimum initial investment may be modified for certain financial intermediaries that submit trades on behalf of underlying investors. Payden Funds’ distributor may lower or waive the minimum initial investment for certain categories of investors at their discretion.
H. Ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest) and are subject to change. Security ratings are assigned using the highest rating of Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch.
For more information and to obtain a prospectus or summary prospectus, visit payden.com or call 800 572-9336. Before investing, investors should carefully read and consider investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information about the Fund, which is contained in these documents.
Investing in equity securities poses certain risks, including a sudden decline in a holding’s share price, or an overall decline in the stock market. The value of the Fund’s investment in any such securities will fluctuate on a day-to-day basis with movements in the stock market, as well as in response to the activities of individual companies whose equity securities the Fund owns. Fund price may fall when the U.S. stock market declines. Moreover, purchasing stocks perceived to be undervalued brings additional risks. For example, the issuing company’s condition may worsen instead of improve, or the pace and extent of any improvement may be less than expected.
Interest Rate Risk: As with most funds that invest in debt securities, the income on and value of your shares in the Fund will fluctuate along with interest rates. When interest rates rise, the market prices of the debt securities the Fund owns usually decline. When interest rates fall, the prices of these securities usually increase.
Investment in foreign securities entails certain risks from investing in domestic securities, including changes in exchange rates, political changes, differences in reporting standards, and, for emerging-market securities, higher volatility.
Investing in high-yield securities entails certain risks from investing in investment-grade securities, including higher volatility, greater credit risk, and the issues’ more speculative nature.
The Payden Funds are distributed through Payden & Rygel Distributors, member FINRA.