Market Report:

July 1

May was a month of recovery following the “Liberation Day” tariff announcements in April, when markets took a significant, but short-lived, tumble. With trade deals emerging, fears of the worst-case scenario for tariffs began to disappear. However, investors discovered a new fear emerging from the U.S. government: a budget bill that would further widen deficits made it through the House of Representatives. Fiscal woes, coupled with fears of higher inflation, pushed global long-term yields higher. During May 30-year U.S. Treasury yields reached their highest level since 2006. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note rose 30 basis points to 3.90%. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury rose 24 basis points to 4.40%, up from 4.16% at the end of April. The yield on the 30-year Treasury rose 25 bps to 4.93%.

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Payden & Rygel Investment Management

Funds professionally managed by Payden & Rygel for 29 years running.

  • "It is my honor to serve as Chair of the Florida Trust – the longest running, member-owned and member-governed local government pool in the state. The Trust has met the investment and diversification needs of local governments all over Florida since its 1991 inception. Nearing its third decade, it continues to provide a great combination of safety, liquidity and yield, in that order."
    Hon. Pamela Childers, CPA, CGFO
    Escambia County Clerk of Court
  • “The Florida Trust provides local governments with two excellent investment options to manage public dollars safely and effectively. Polk County uses the Florida Trust Day to Day Fund to meet some of our short term investment needs and the Florida Trust Short Term Bond Fund to invest a portion of our core assets. We are pleased with the structure of the funds, the investment strategies used, the high quality of the securities purchased, and the overall level of service provided by Florida Trust staff and Payden & Rygel.”
    Philip J. Borozny, CTP
    Investment Manager Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller

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Sector Allocation

% of Portfolio Assets (04/30/2025)

Commercial Paper

22.26%

Repurchase Agreements

17.74%

Certificate of Deposit

16.31%

Corporates

11.98%

Asset Backed Securities

11.47%

U.S. Treasuries

7.76%

Municipals

7.44%

Govt. Related Securities

4.53%

Money Market

0.36%

Coll. Mort. Obl.

0.15%

U.S. Treasury Notes

29.84%

Corporates

29.13%

Asset Backed Securities

27.02%

Coll. Mort. Obligations

11.86%

Government Related Securities

1.18%

Money Market

0.84%

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