Nuveen’s Saira Malik says these are her top three income ideas right now

Cnbc · Jun 05, 2026 · 805 words · By Michelle Fox

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Select segments of the fixed income market are offering compelling opportunities as bond yields march higher, according to Saira Malik, chief investment officer at Nuveen.

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What happened

Select segments of the fixed income market are offering compelling opportunities as bond yields march higher, according to Saira Malik, chief investment officer at Nuveen.

Why it matters

Treasury yields climbed on Friday on the heels of a hot May jobs report .

Common ground

Payrolls grew by 172,000 last month, surpassing the Dow Jones consensus call for 80,000.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose as high as 4.548%, while the rate on the 2-year note touched 4.178%?
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Claim 1: “The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose as high as 4.548%, while the rate on the 2-year note touched 4.178%.”

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While web results provide general information about 10-year Treasury yields, none of the provided evidence snippets contain the specific figures (4.548% and 4.178%) mentioned in the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chief secretary to the treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the chancellor of the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The first lord of the treasury is a title held by the prime minister of the United Kingdom, as head of the lords commissioners of the treasury exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer. Whe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Treasury

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — His Majesty's Treasury (often shortened to HM Treasury, the Treasury or HMT) is the Government of the United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry, managing the United Kingdom's public spending and …
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Claim 2: “Their tax-equivalent yields are very strong... They're at almost 10%.”

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The evidence explains what a tax-equivalent yield is and how to calculate it, but does not provide a specific current market figure of 'almost 10%' to verify the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tax resistance (also known as a tax strike or tax revolt) is the refusal to pay tax because of opposition to the government that is imposing the tax, or to government policy, or as opposition to taxat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Poll taxes were used in the United States until they were outlawed under section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Poll taxes (taxes of a fixed amount on every liable individual, regardless of thei…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Reich Flight Tax (German: Reichsfluchtsteuer) was a German capital control law implemented in 1931 to stem capital flight from the Weimar Republic. After seizing power, the Nazis used the law to p…
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Claim 3: “loans up to three years yield about 8%.”

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The provided web search results for bank loans are generic landing pages for Bank of America, U.S. Bank, and Park National Bank; they do not contain specific yield data for loans up to three years.

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web search NEUTRAL — Experience personalized banking services for your unique needs with U.S. Bank - Checking, credit cards, home loans & convenient online banking. Member FDIC.
https://www.usbank.com/index.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Park National Bank offers personal and business banking, lending, investing & more. Visit us online or at one of our locations.
https://parknationalbank.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — What would you like the power to do? At Bank of America, our purpose is to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.
https://www.bankofamerica.com/

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Claim 4: “Malik, who oversees the firm's $1.4 trillion in assets under management.”

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Multiple independent sources (LinkedIn and two separate news/article snippets) confirm Saira Malik is the CIO of Nuveen and oversees approximately $1.4 trillion in assets.

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... As CIO of Nuveen, a TIAA company, she now oversees nearly $1.4 trillion and a platform that spans public equities, private credit, real ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cais_alternativeinvestments-w…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... The Nuveen CIO, who leads a business with $1.4 trillion in assets, explains why she favors these assets within fixed income.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/nuveens-saira-malik-says-the…

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web search NEUTRAL — She leads a business with more than $1 trillion in assets under management ... Saira Malik's profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saira-malik-b65116109

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Claim 5: “The securities [preferred securities] are seeing yields above 6%.”

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Claim 6: “The Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (NHMRX) currently has a 5.48 30-day SEC yield and an expense ratio of 1.8%.”

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The evidence confirms the existence of the Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (NHMRX) and mentions yield and expense ratios in general terms, but the specific figures (5.48% SEC yield and 1.8% expense ratio) are not present in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An auction rate security (ARS) typically refers to a debt instrument (corporate or municipal bonds) with a long-term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is regularly reset through a Dutch auc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — First Eagle Investments is an American investment management firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1864 in Dresden, Germany, as Arnhold Brothers, the firm relocated to the United States in t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a table of notable American exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. As of 2020, the number of exchange-traded funds worldwide was over 7,600, representing about 7.74 trillion U.S. dollars in assets. T…
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Claim 7: “Payrolls grew by 172,000 last month, surpassing the Dow Jones consensus call for 80,000.”

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Three independent web sources (UPI, Metaintro, and another news report) confirm that nonfarm payrolls grew by 172,000 in May and that this surpassed the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 80,000.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dow Jones is a combination of the names of business partners Charles Dow and Edward Jones.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the olde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is a joint venture between S&P Global and the CME Group, that was announced in 2011 and later launched in 2012. It produces, maintains, licenses, and markets stock mar…
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Claim 8: “Within the Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (NFRAX) , senior loans make up 82.8% of the assets.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the asset composition of the Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (NFRAX).

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Claim 9: “the income [of preferred securities] may also have a tax advantage over bond yields, since it is generally treated as a qualified dividend and subject to a rate of 0%, 15% or 20%.”

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Claim 10: “bank loans... typically have floating interest rates tied to the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR).”

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Wikipedia explicitly defines SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) as a reference rate established as an alternative to LIBOR for commercial contracts, which aligns with the claim that bank loans use it as a floating rate benchmark.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An overnight indexed swap (OIS) is an interest rate swap (IRS) over some given term, e.g. 10Y, where the periodic fixed payments are tied to a given fixed rate while the periodic floating payments are…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The overnight rate is generally the interest rate that large banks use to borrow and lend from one another in the overnight market. In some countries (the United States, for example), the overnight ra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overnight_rate

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is a secured overnight interest rate. SOFR is a reference rate (that is, a rate used by parties in commercial contracts that is outside their direct control) es…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOFR

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Claim 11: “Bond interest, on the other hand, is taxed as ordinary income, which goes up to a rate of 37%.”

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Claim 12: “The fund [NFRAX] has a 30-day SEC yield of 5.94% and a 1% expense ratio.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the SEC yield or expense ratio of the Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (NFRAX).

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Claim 13: “the interest income [of muni bonds] isn't taxed on the federal level and it is exempt from state levies if the holder lives within the state the bond is issued.”

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Multiple sources (MSRB and other financial guides) confirm that municipal bond interest is generally exempt from federal income tax and typically exempt from state taxes if the holder resides in the issuing state.

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web search NEUTRAL — A major benefit of municipal bonds, or "munis," is that the interest they pay is generally exempt from federal income taxes. They're also generally exempt ...
https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/when-to-choose-munis-from…

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web search NEUTRAL — Municipal bonds are generally referred to as tax-exempt bonds because the interest earned on the bonds often is excluded from gross income for federal income ...
https://www.msrb.org/Education/Municipal-Bond-Basics-0

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web search NEUTRAL — If you buy shares of a municipal bond fund that invests in bonds issued by other states, you will have to pay income tax. In addition, while some municipal ...
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