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NSBDX

North Star Bond Fund

Expense Ratio
1.57%
AUM
$36M
Inception
12/22/2014
1Y Return
+1.7%79th %ilevs 2,838 asset-class peers
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The fund invests at least 80% of net assets in a diversified portfolio of bonds, which includes debt securities such as bonds, notes, bills, and debentures. It generally focuses on bonds issued by companies with equity market capitalizations of less than $2.5 billion, while retaining the discretion to invest in bonds of any size and may allocate up to 20% of assets in equity securities, including preferred stock. The portfolio typically contains at least 25 securities, with target position sizes ranging from 2 ½% to 10% of net assets.

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Performance

NameCumulative ReturnAnn. ReturnAnn. VolSharpeMax DD
NSBDX
North Star Bond Fund
1.7%1.7%2.1%-0.97-2.1%
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ETF performance based on market prices. Drag on chart to select period. Sharpe Ratio uses the one-month T-bill as the risk-free rate. From 10/7/2025 to 10/7/2026.

Trailing Returns

Name
YTD1D5D1M3M6M1Y2Y3Y5YMAX
NSBDX
North Star Bond Fund
1.1%-0.1%0.1%-1.4%-0.7%0.9%1.7%2.8%4.5%1.6%2.2%
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ETF performance based on market prices. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. As of 10/7/2026.

Annual Returns

Name
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025YTD
NSBDX
North Star Bond Fund
0.0%*-1.5%7.5%3.0%-3.5%9.4%0.7%2.9%-7.2%6.1%5.2%4.1%1.1%
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* partial year — the series ran for only part of it (its first year, or the year it closed); the figure is the return over the part it did run. ETF performance based on market prices. As of 10/7/2026.

Correlation Matrix

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Factor Regression

Name
Ann. αβ MKTβ SMBβ HMLβ RMWβ CMAβ UMDβ iHMLR²Obs
NSBDXUS
North Star Bond Fund
-1.1%0.08**0.06**-0.04**0.020.05**0.00-0.02*0.40226
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. US factor set. Daily OLS of excess return (fund − T-bill) on factor spread returns over the selected date range, intersected with each series' history. Bold with * |t| ≥ 1.96, ** |t| ≥ 2.58. Cell shading tracks each loading's t-stat. Betas are returns-based — compare with the holdings-based factor scores below. Factor returns are long-short spread returns (© Ken French, Dartmouth). From 10/7/2025 to 8/31/2026.

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Fund Profile

Fund Documents(opens the fund company’s site in a new tab)
Family
Registrant
Type
Mutual Fund
Asset Class
Fixed Income
Region
Peer Group Benchmark
Prospectus Benchmark
Bloomberg Ba to B U.S. High Yield Index
Peer Group
Fixed Income - Core (657 peers)
1Y Peer Percentile
82
3Y Peer Percentile
36
Expense Ratio
1.57%
5Y Tax Drag
1.35%/yr
AUM
$36M
3Y Flow
+40.8%
Yield
4.29%
Inception
12/22/2014
Holdings (Reported)
36
Turnover
34%
Equity
13%
Derivatives
0%
Net Equity Exposure
13%
Strategy Summary

The fund invests at least 80% of net assets in a diversified portfolio of bonds, which includes debt securities such as bonds, notes, bills, and debentures. It generally focuses on bonds issued by companies with equity market capitalizations of less than $2.5 billion, while retaining the discretion to invest in bonds of any size and may allocate up to 20% of assets in equity securities, including preferred stock. The portfolio typically contains at least 25 securities, with target position sizes ranging from 2 ½% to 10% of net assets.

ⓘ Methodology

Expense ratio and its components from the fund's prospectus fee table; tax drag from its after-tax return table. Turnover from the SEC annual report (2/9/2026). Yield as of 10/6/2026, AUM 9/30/2026. Holdings, asset class, style, peer group and exposures as of 5/31/2026. Strategy summary from the fund's prospectus.

Factor DetailsRef: Fixed Income Funds

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ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for factor definitions. Weighted average of underlying company-level values with weights equal to position size. Solid blue dots mark the fund's position within the clean equity fund universe (5th–95th percentile scale); the shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Fixed Income Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026. Expense ratio, yield, and turnover as of 10/6/2026. AUM as of 9/30/2026.

Country Exposure

Level
100.0%
99.3%
Other0.7%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the holdings that carry a country, not portfolio weights. Based on N-PORT domicile; ADRs list under their exchange. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Holdings

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36 positions (top 10 shown, create for full holdings)

#NameTickerWeight %SectorIndustryCountry
1Oceaneering InternationalOII
4.16
EnergyUpstream Oil & GasUSA
2Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (the)SMG
4.14
MaterialsChemicals & PackagingUSA
3Under ArmourUAA
4.06
Consumer DiscApparel & LuxuryUSA
4Beazer Homes USABZH
4.05
Consumer DiscHome & LeisureUSA
5Wintrust FinancialWTFC
4.05
FinancialsNat'l & Regional BanksUSA
6Elanco Animal HealthELAN
3.95
HealthcarePharmaceuticalsUSA
7Churchill DownsCHDN
3.94
Consumer DiscHospitalityUSA
8Epr PropertiesEPR
3.85
Real EstateGrowth REITsUSA
9Vail ResortsMTN
3.85
Consumer DiscHospitalityUSA
10Acco BrandsACCO
3.79
IndustrialsBusiness ServicesUSA
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Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

ConcentrationRef: Fixed Income Funds

Total Holdings36
Effective Holdings30.1
Top 10 Weight39.9%
Max Position4.2%
Top Sector (of Net Assets)28%
Top Country (of Net Assets)98%
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for definitions. Solid blue dots mark the fund: percentage rows on a 0–100% scale, holdings counts log-scaled across the clean-universe 5th–95th percentile range. The shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Fixed Income Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026.

Benchmark DifferentiationRef: Fixed Income Funds

vs AGGBroad Benchmark
Tracking Error4.0%
Benchmark Correlation0.53
ⓘ Methodology

One sub-card per benchmark: the market primary, then the style secondary — the gap between them is the style sleeve itself. Both anchors are Sparkline-inferred (market from asset class and region, style from the holdings size-and-style map), not the fund's official prospectus benchmark. Solid blue dot marks the fund; the shaded band spans the reference set's 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median (band follows the Peer Universe selector). Active Share compares the fund's book with the benchmark's, share for share; Tracking Error is the annualized daily deviation over the trailing two years (ruler runs to just past the universe's 95th percentile, or past the fund's own figure where that is larger); Benchmark Correlation is the plain daily correlation over the trailing year. Hover the labels for full definitions.

Peer Group Rank

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Metric
NSBDX
North Star Bond Fund
Peer Group
657 funds
Peer Asset Class
2,838 funds
YTD Return
1.11%-2.78%84-2.33%84
1Y Return
1.74%-1.96%82-1.51%79
3Y Return (Ann.)
4.54%4.91%364.80%44
5Y Return (Ann.)
1.63%-0.25%790.27%66
Expense Ratiohigher = cheaper
1.57%0.55%70.52%5
ⓘ Methodology

Sparkline's own holdings-based peer taxonomy (1,557 share classes across 657 funds). One share class shown per fund — the exchange-listed class where the SEC series has one, else its longest-history class; percentile ranks and medians are computed against the same deduped set. Quartile chips fill the layer the fund's rank falls in (top layer = best quartile). Funds without a full return history rank only on the horizons they cover.

Similar Funds

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Nearest funds across the whole universe, by holdings and behavior — the peer taxonomy is ignored, so matches can come from any category.

Top Similarity56
Top Return Corr
Top FF Match
FundPeer Group
1RNHIX
RiverNorth/Oaktree High Income Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
56--
2SCFAX
Shenkman Capital Short Duration High Income Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
56--
3PSHNX
Penn Capital Short Duration High Income Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
56--
4CWFIX
Carillon Chartwell Short Duration High Yield Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
55--
5TPHCX
Timothy Plan High Yield Bond Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
55--
6MZHSX
Muzinich Flexible U.S. High Yield Income Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
54--
7MDHAX
NYLIM MacKay Short Duration High Income Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
54--
8PYHRX
Payden High Income Fund
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
52--
9MHYWX
High Yield Bond Series
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
Fixed Income - HY Corporate
52--
10VMSAX
VANGUARD MULTI-SECTOR INCOME BOND FUND
Fixed Income - Unconstrained
Fixed Income - Unconstrained
52--

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ⓘ Methodology

Rows are the consensus top matches (a fund must place in at least two methods' top 250 to qualify, and matches missing more than one of this fund's own methods are not ranked — a row scored on fewer methods is a noisier estimate, not a better match). Click a method column to see that method's own top matches across the whole universe instead. Gray (N) beside each method's metric is that fund's rank in the whole universe on that method. Similarity is a percentile among match-grade fund pairs, 0–100 — 87 means the pair is closer than 87% of the strongest matches in the universe, averaged across the methods — so it compares across funds: index clones tie at the top with thousands of other clone pairs, so scores top out in the high 80s to 90s, while a one-of-a-kind fund's best match can score in the 30s. Rows are ordered by the Consensus Rank — the geometric mean of those universe ranks, shown in each cell's tooltip — and the score is held down the list to the level of the closest match above it, so equal scores mean equally close and the number reads as a floor. A dash means that method has no figure for the pair at all (one of them lacks the holdings or return history it needs). Hover a column header for each method's definition. The “Top…” strips above compare against every fund's own top match across the whole universe (they deliberately don't follow the Peer Universe selector); Top Similarity is simply the best match's score, with no reference band; the Holdings and Active Tilt strips carry no reference band because computing every fund's best book overlap would require a full holdings scan per fund — the dot stands alone on its natural 0–100% scale. One share class shown per fund, and a fund's own sister share classes are excluded from its Top-match strips. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Consensus Rank is the geometric mean of the match's universe-wide rank across the methods (#1.0 = top match on every one). Return Correlation = correlation of market-hedged daily returns over the trailing two years (CAPM residuals), so only market-beta co-movement is removed; requires ~18 months of daily history (378 of the window's 504 trading days). Fama-French Similarity = 1/(1+d), where d is the Euclidean distance between factor betas (market, size, value, profitability, investment, momentum, intangible value) from up to three years of daily returns (min 378 daily observations and regression R² of at least 0.25); 1.00 = identical loadings.