
NYLI MacKay Muni Allocation ETF
$24.28−0.18 (−0.72%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.40%
- Fund size
- $28M
- 1Y return
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- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 45
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.46
- 52W range
The ETF.net MMMA Grade
Score 49 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 21Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 89Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 41Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 37Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 29Category rank
Our read on MMMA
CA muni fund built by pickers, not by an index. Roughly 40 positions chosen for income exempt from regular US federal income tax, in a category ruled by thousand-line benchmark trackers.
The Fund seeks current income that is exempt from regular U.S. federal income tax.
Why people hold it
- The mandate is narrow and legible: current income exempt from regular US federal income tax, from US issuers.
- About 40 positions and no declared index, so manager selection drives the portfolio instead of a benchmark's weighting rules.
- Standard 1940 Act fund structure, so holders get a 1099 at tax time rather than a K-1.
Worth knowing
- At 0.40% a year it runs above the muni ETF median of 0.30%, and far above index anchors like VTEB (0.03%) and MUB (0.05%).
- Launched December 2025, so there is little history to judge, and it remains a small, lightly traded fund, which typically means wider spreads than category giants.
- Distributions come on an irregular cadence rather than a set monthly rhythm, and the tax break is written against regular federal income tax, not state taxes.
MMMA Holdings
- Bonds
- 45
- 37%
- Natomas Uni Sch Dist Calif 0.05% 01-aug-2028
Geography
- United States100.00%
MMMA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | MMMA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.4% |
| 1 month | −1.9% |
| 3 months | −3.0% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | MMMA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.4% | |
| 2025 | +0.3% |
MMMA in the news
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MMMA Dividends
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 29, 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.04 |
MMMA Risk
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How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
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How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
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How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.15
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
MMMA Cost
- The middle half of Other Municipal Bond funds
- Median 0.30%
49 of the 62 Other Municipal Bond funds charge less.