Abstract
- For the three months ended December 31, 2024, the entire return on the Ave Maria Bond Fund was -1.33%.
- The Fund’s publicity to dividend-paying widespread shares and high-quality, short-duration bonds contributed to its outperformance versus the benchmark throughout the yr.
- In a accident, rates of interest on longer-dated bonds have elevated because the Federal Reserve diminished short-term charges by 1% throughout the latter half of the yr.

Dzmitry Skazau
For the three months ended December 31, 2024, the entire return on the Ave Maria Bond Fund (MUTF:AVEFX) was -1.33%, in comparison with the Bloomberg Intermediate U.S. Authorities/Credit score Index at -1.60% and the Bloomberg U.S. Mixture Bond Index at -3.06%. The returns for the Fund in contrast