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MBIA Capital/Claymore Managed Duration
Investment Grade Municipal Fund

  • Portfolio seeks to generate high tax-exempt income for shareholders
  • Derivatives may be utilized to hedge against moves in interest rates
  • Leverage may be used to enhance income for shareholders
  • Portfolio may use lower quality bonds to enhance return

The MBIA Capital/Claymore Managed Duration Investment Grade Municipal Fund is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and organized as a Delaware statutory trust. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income exempt from regular Federal income tax while seeking to protect the value of the Fund's assets during periods of interest rate volatility. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in municipal bonds of investment-grade quality and will normally invest substantially all of its total assets in securities of investment-grade quality. There can be no assurance that the Fund's investment objective will be realized.


sector allocation
as of 6/30/2010
  statistics
as of 6/30/2010
   
Medical 19.96%
Development 14.83%
Housing 12.56%
Higher Education 7.15%
Power 7.08%
General Obligation 6.41%
Water/Sewer 4.63%
Transportation 4.46%
Utilities 4.27%
Lease 3.65%
Tobacco 3.44%
Airport 2.72%
Pre-Refunded 2.08%
Enhanced Tobacco 1.99%
Other 4.77%
 
  MZF
Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share* 14.39
Closing Price Per Share* 14.4
Premium / (Discount) to NAV Per Share* 0.07
Yield* 6.87%
Taxable Equivalent Yield* 10.57%
Duration/Years 8.09
* as of 07/29/2010

The Taxable Equivalent Yield is calculated by taking the Yield dividing it by one minus 35%, the highest federal marginal tax bracket.
24.0% of the portfolio is subject to AMT.


Top 10 Holdings
as of 6/30/2010
California State, General Obligation 3.77%
Henderson, NV Hlth Care Fac, Cath. Hlthcare West 3.39%
California St, Dept of Mental Health 3.02%
South Dakota Housing Development Authority 2.97%
Metropolitan Transportation Authority 2.53%
Sweetwater Cnty WY-FMC Corp 2.37%
Lorain Co Ohio Hospital, Catholic Healthcare 2.29%
Highlands Co Florida, Adventist Health System 2.08%
Cuhahoga Co Ohio, Cleveland Clinic Health 2.03%
Tobacco Settlement Finance Corp 1.99%
 
Top 10 Holdings Represent 26.44%

as of 6/30/2010

Past performance does not guarantee future results. All portfolio data is subject to change daily. For more current information, please visit www.claymore.com/mzf. The above summaries are provided for informational purposes only and should not be viewed as recommendations. Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the fund carefully before investing. Please consider this information carefully before you invest.

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