Robinson Tax Advantaged Income Fund
Name
As of 11/22/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
Vitals
YTD Return
10.2%
1 yr return
13.0%
3 Yr Avg Return
1.1%
5 Yr Avg Return
2.7%
Net Assets
$261 M
Holdings in Top 10
43.1%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 3.10%
SALES FEES
Front Load 3.75%
Deferred Load N/A
TRADING FEES
Turnover 270.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Min Investment
Standard (Taxable)
$2,500
IRA
$2,500
Fund Classification
Fund Type
Open End Mutual Fund
Name
As of 11/22/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
ROBAX - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return 10.2%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 1.1%
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 2.7%
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Semi-Annually
- Net Income Ratio 2.50%
- Dividend Yield 5.4%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency None
Fund Details
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Legal NameRobinson Tax Advantaged Income Fund
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Fund Family NameINVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST
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Inception DateSep 30, 2014
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Shares OutstandingN/A
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Share ClassA
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
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ManagerJames Robinson
Fund Description
Under normal market conditions, the Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in closed-end registered investment companies (“closed-end funds” or “CEFs”) that invest primarily in municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are debt obligations issued by the states, possessions, or territories of the United States (including the District of Columbia) or a political subdivision, public instrumentality, agency, public authority or other governmental unit of such states, possessions, or territories (e.g., counties, cities, towns, villages, districts and authorities). In addition, when, in the opinion of Robinson Capital Management, LLC (“Robinson” or the “Sub-Advisor”), the Fund’s sub-advisor, the risk/reward profile for CEF securities appears unfavorable, or when CEF price valuations are not attractive, the Fund may, but is not required to, purchase shares of open-end registered investment companies (“Mutual Funds”) or Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) that invest primarily in municipal bonds.
The Fund expects a substantial portion of the income generated by the municipal bonds in which the CEFs, Mutual Funds and ETFs invest will be exempt from federal income taxes (“tax advantaged income”). A portion of the income generated by these municipal bonds, however, may be subject to the alternative minimum tax. As a result, the CEFs’, Mutual Funds’ and ETFs’ distributions to investors are expected to consist primarily of tax advantaged income, and a substantial portion of the income distributed to the Fund and Fund shareholders is also expected to consist primarily of such tax advantaged income. The CEFs, Mutual Funds and ETFs in which the Fund invests invest primarily in investment grade municipal bonds, with an average rating of at least Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch Ratings. Certain Mutual Funds and ETFs in which the Fund may choose to invest may have exposure to municipal bonds that are rated below investment grade (“junk bonds”). Typically, the Sub-Advisor expects to limit the Fund’s exposure to junk bonds held by the underlying CEFs, Mutual Funds, and ETFs to no more than 15% of the market value of the Fund’s portfolio. There is no minimum or maximum average maturity for the underlying municipal bond holdings in the CEFs, Mutual Funds and ETFs in which the Fund invests. To seek to hedge against interest rate risk and mitigate the Fund’s exposure to duration risk, the Sub-Advisor may use short positions and invest in short-term investments and derivatives such as options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, and swaps. Primarily the Sub-Advisor anticipates using short positions on U.S. Treasury futures contracts (generally 2-year note, 5-year note, 10-year note and 30-year bond contracts) for those purposes. The Sub-Advisor may also use options on municipal bond ETFs, interest rate swaps, and the purchase of credit default swaps. Typically, the Sub-Advisor expects to limit these positions to no more than 10% of the market value of the Fund’s portfolio.
Whether analyzing CEFs, Mutual Funds or ETFs, the Sub-Advisor looks through to the underlying holdings of the funds. Holdings are analyzed across a variety of risk and return metrics including interest rate risk, call risk, credit quality, yield to maturity and yield to worst, to ensure the holdings are consistent with the Fund’s policies.
For the CEFs, the Sub-Advisor’s portfolio construction process involves using proprietary real-time models to first analyze and rank CEFs to build expected return and risk profiles. The Sub-Advisor then uses value oriented analysis to weigh the costs and benefits of the CEFs, and quantify the CEFs’ exposure to various risks.
The Sub-Advisor seeks to select CEFs that trade at discounts to the true market values of the CEFs’ municipal bond holdings by identifying quantifiable (or “rational”) factors that could contribute to a deviation between a CEF’s market capitalization (i.e., the aggregate market price of its total outstanding shares) and the true market value of the municipal bonds that the CEF holds. Such factors include the CEFs’ historical performance, fund expenses, dividend distribution yield, unrealized capital gains, investor trading to harvest short term losses, cost and use of leverage, liquidity, and governance. The Sub-Advisor’s proprietary valuation model seeks to quantify each of these factors and adds them to (or if the factors have a negative impact, subtracts them from) a CEF’s underlying market value. The resulting valuation is what the Sub-Advisor considers the fair market value for the CEF. The calculated fair market value per fund share is then compared to the actual price at which the CEF’s shares are currently trading. The Sub-Advisor believes that any difference can be attributed to “irrational” explanations. If the Sub-Advisor’s determination of a CEF’s fair market value is greater than the CEF’s actual market price, the Sub-Advisor considers the difference to be the CEF’s discount. Conversely, if the Sub-Advisor’s determination of a CEF’s fair market value is lower than the actual market price, the Sub-Advisor considers the difference to be the CEF’s premium.
The Sub-Advisor then analyzes the data according to its own proprietary model to determine a rating of the discount or premium. The analysis includes how under/overvalued a CEF is relative to its history, how under/overvalued a CEF is relative to other CEFs in the same asset class, how under/overvalued the asset class is relative to its history, and how under/overvalued the asset class is to other asset classes.
The Sub-Advisor may utilize a number of trading techniques to seek to unlock its estimate of the value of the premiums/discounts in the CEFs that invest in municipal bonds. This may lead to active and frequent trading of the Fund’s securities. The Sub-Advisor’s techniques include rotating Fund portfolio holdings to the CEFs the Sub-Advisor believes are the most undervalued, short selling those CEFs that the Sub-Advisor believes are the most overvalued, opportunistic trading due to temporary price dislocations, participating in tender offers of CEF shares, arbitrage opportunities for CEF mergers, buying a CEF that the Sub-Advisor believes is undervalued and pairing it with a short position in another CEF, and tax-related rebalancing trades. The Fund may engage in frequent and active trading.
ROBAX - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | ROBAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 10.2% | -5.9% | 33.6% | 0.33% |
1 Yr | 13.0% | -0.3% | 37.8% | 0.60% |
3 Yr | 1.1%* | -10.7% | 3.6% | 6.58% |
5 Yr | 2.7%* | -6.8% | 1103.7% | 3.14% |
10 Yr | 3.1%* | -0.9% | 248.8% | 4.07% |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | ROBAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 1.1% | -1.4% | 41.0% | 93.85% |
2022 | -11.9% | -39.7% | 0.3% | 53.52% |
2021 | 1.1% | -5.6% | 6.9% | 8.05% |
2020 | -2.6% | -2.6% | 310.0% | 99.86% |
2019 | 11.5% | 0.0% | 26.0% | 0.36% |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | ROBAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 10.2% | -5.9% | 33.6% | 0.33% |
1 Yr | 13.0% | -0.3% | 37.8% | 0.60% |
3 Yr | 1.1%* | -10.7% | 3.6% | 6.58% |
5 Yr | 2.7%* | -6.8% | 1103.7% | 3.14% |
10 Yr | 3.1%* | -0.9% | 248.8% | 4.07% |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | ROBAX Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 3.7% | -1.3% | 41.0% | 89.65% |
2022 | -9.5% | -39.7% | 1.1% | 52.30% |
2021 | 8.9% | -4.8% | 23761504.0% | 0.27% |
2020 | 0.0% | -1.5% | 17057.9% | 99.24% |
2019 | 14.9% | 0.2% | 3514.6% | 0.50% |
NAV & Total Return History
ROBAX - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
ROBAX | Category Low | Category High | ROBAX % Rank | |
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Net Assets | 261 M | 3.22 M | 71.9 B | 65.00% |
Number of Holdings | 60 | 4 | 13418 | 96.40% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 112 M | -317 M | 3.09 B | 40.51% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 43.07% | 1.8% | 100.3% | 4.13% |
Top 10 Holdings
- Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund 6.15%
- Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund 6.07%
- Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund 6.03%
- Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund 4.57%
- BlackRock Municipal Income Trust - Class USD INC 4.54%
- BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II 4.06%
- Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II - Class USD INC 3.00%
- BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. 2.95%
- BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. 2.87%
- Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust - Class USD INC 2.83%
Asset Allocation
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | ROBAX % Rank | |
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Cash | 3.70% | -50.86% | 44.62% | 13.66% |
Other | 0.07% | -3.69% | 51.88% | 9.26% |
Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 99.78% | 52.20% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.07% | 42.70% |
Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.93% | 42.21% |
Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 150.86% | 99.67% |
ROBAX - Expenses
Operational Fees
ROBAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Expense Ratio | 3.10% | 0.01% | 8.02% | 0.47% |
Management Fee | 1.10% | 0.00% | 1.20% | 99.93% |
12b-1 Fee | 0.25% | 0.00% | 1.00% | 46.39% |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.01% | 0.44% | 37.85% |
Sales Fees
ROBAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Front Load | 3.75% | 0.50% | 4.75% | 45.69% |
Deferred Load | N/A | 0.25% | 5.00% | N/A |
Trading Fees
ROBAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Max Redemption Fee | N/A | 1.00% | 1.00% | N/A |
Related Fees
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
ROBAX Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Turnover | 270.00% | 0.00% | 283.00% | 99.93% |
ROBAX - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
ROBAX | Category Low | Category High | ROBAX % Rank | |
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Dividend Yield | 5.38% | 0.00% | 14.51% | 55.86% |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
ROBAX | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
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Dividend Distribution Frequency | None | Annual | Monthly | Monthly |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
ROBAX | Category Low | Category High | ROBAX % Rank | |
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Net Income Ratio | 2.50% | -0.53% | 5.33% | 18.95% |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
ROBAX | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
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Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Semi-Annually | Annually | Semi-Annually | Annually |
Distributions History
Date | Amount | Type |
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Nov 18, 2024 | $0.040 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 16, 2024 | $0.036 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 17, 2024 | $0.036 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 16, 2024 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 17, 2024 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 16, 2024 | $0.027 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 15, 2024 | $0.025 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 16, 2024 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 16, 2024 | $0.023 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 27, 2023 | $0.020 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 17, 2023 | $0.019 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 18, 2023 | $0.017 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 18, 2023 | $0.015 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 18, 2023 | $0.019 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 18, 2023 | $0.015 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 16, 2023 | $0.017 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 18, 2023 | $0.017 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 18, 2023 | $0.016 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 17, 2023 | $0.017 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 16, 2023 | $0.019 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 17, 2023 | $0.017 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 28, 2022 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 18, 2022 | $0.019 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 19, 2022 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 16, 2022 | $0.019 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 18, 2022 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 18, 2022 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 17, 2022 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 18, 2022 | $0.018 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 19, 2022 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 18, 2022 | $0.018 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 19, 2022 | $0.019 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 29, 2021 | $0.494 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 19, 2021 | $0.019 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 19, 2021 | $0.018 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 17, 2021 | $0.018 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 19, 2021 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 19, 2021 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 18, 2021 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 19, 2021 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 19, 2021 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 19, 2021 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 19, 2021 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 19, 2021 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 30, 2020 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 19, 2020 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 19, 2020 | $0.026 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 17, 2020 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 19, 2020 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 17, 2020 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 18, 2020 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 19, 2020 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 17, 2020 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 19, 2020 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 30, 2019 | $0.023 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 18, 2019 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 16, 2019 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 18, 2019 | $0.023 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 16, 2019 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 18, 2019 | $0.023 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 18, 2019 | $0.025 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 16, 2019 | $0.026 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 17, 2019 | $0.025 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 18, 2019 | $0.026 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 19, 2019 | $0.027 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 17, 2019 | $0.026 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 28, 2018 | $0.040 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 16, 2018 | $0.026 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 16, 2018 | $0.028 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 18, 2018 | $0.028 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 16, 2018 | $0.028 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 18, 2018 | $0.028 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 18, 2018 | $0.029 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 16, 2018 | $0.028 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 17, 2018 | $0.029 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 16, 2018 | $0.030 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 16, 2018 | $0.024 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 17, 2018 | $0.027 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 28, 2017 | $0.032 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 15, 2017 | $0.031 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 16, 2017 | $0.029 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 15, 2017 | $0.031 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 15, 2017 | $0.029 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 17, 2017 | $0.030 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 15, 2017 | $0.029 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Jun 15, 2017 | $0.071 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
Jun 14, 2017 | $0.031 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 15, 2017 | $0.030 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 17, 2017 | $0.032 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 15, 2017 | $0.031 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 15, 2017 | $0.033 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 17, 2017 | $0.031 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 29, 2016 | $0.058 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
Dec 29, 2016 | $0.040 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 15, 2016 | $0.032 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 26, 2016 | $0.030 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 15, 2016 | $0.034 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 15, 2016 | $0.030 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 15, 2016 | $0.032 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 15, 2016 | $0.034 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 16, 2016 | $0.033 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 15, 2016 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 15, 2016 | $0.031 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 16, 2016 | $0.041 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 15, 2016 | $0.047 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 30, 2015 | $0.040 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 16, 2015 | $0.039 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 15, 2015 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 15, 2015 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 17, 2015 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 15, 2015 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 15, 2015 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 15, 2015 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 15, 2015 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 13, 2015 | $0.038 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 25, 2015 | $0.034 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 28, 2015 | $0.041 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 30, 2014 | $0.032 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 24, 2014 | $0.044 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 29, 2014 | $0.037 | OrdinaryDividend |
ROBAX - Fund Manager Analysis
Managers
James Robinson
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Sep 30, 2014
7.67
7.7%
Mr. Robinson serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Robinson Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Robinson oversees the day-to-day operations and activities of Robinson Capital Management, LLC, including its investment strategies and processes, risk management, regulatory compliance, asset allocation modeling, external manager due diligence and selection, trading, and personnel. Prior to founding Robinson in 2012, Mr. Robinson was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Telemus Capital Partners, LLC and its subsidiary Beacon Asset Management, LLC. Earlier, Mr. Robinson served for five years as the Chairman and CEO of Munder Capital Management and President of the Munder Funds. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Robinson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer-Fixed Income with Munder Capital Management. Mr. Robinson holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as a BBS in Finance and Economics from Wayne State University.
Jonathan Browne
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
May 01, 2020
2.08
2.1%
Mr. Browne serves as a Portfolio Manager as well as Director of Closed-End Fund Research and Trading for Robinson Capital Management. He jointly oversees the day-to-day management of the Fund, including its investment strategies and processes, risk management, regulatory compliance, asset allocation modeling, external manager due diligence and selection, and trading. Prior to joining Robinson Capital, Jonathan worked as an Associate Portfolio Manager for Federated Investors, Inc. In that role, he helped manage several income focused, multi-asset class funds and SMA portfolios. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, Jonathan also served as a Research Analyst, providing fundamental equity research across various industries. Previously, Jonathan worked for three years as a Senior Consultant at FactSet Research Systems Inc., where he developed proprietary models and streamlined investment processes for institutional investors, such as hedge fund managers, plan sponsors, and private wealth advisors. Jonathan holds both a BS and MBA in Finance and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Tenure Analysis
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.08 | 35.05 | 7.35 | 1.58 |