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Colorado BondShares A Tax Exempt Fund
COLORADO BONDSHARES A TAX EXEMPT FUND
Expense ratio1
0.59%
Net assets2
$1.96B
Holdings2
329
Category
Muni Bond
2025 return3
5.23%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Jan. 30, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. Colorado BondShares A Tax-Exempt Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, open-end mutual fund whose primary goal is to maximize income that is exempt from both federal and Colorado state income taxes while simultaneously preserving capital. The Fund also seeks opportunities for capital appreciation.

Strategy. To achieve the Funds investment objective, under normal market conditions, the Fund will attempt to invest up to 100% and, except for temporary investments, will invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt securities, including tax-exempt notes and tax-exempt municipal leases of the State of Colorado, its political subdivisions, municipalities and public authorities (Tax-Exempt Obligations). Under normal circumstances, the Tax-Exempt Obligations that are invested in by the Fund will mostly include tax-exempt bonds (at least 65% of the value of the Funds total assets). The interest on the Tax-Exempt Obligations will be exempt from regular federal income taxes and from Colorado personal … To achieve the Funds investment objective, under normal market conditions, the Fund will attempt to invest up to 100% and, except for temporary investments, will invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt securities, including tax-exempt notes and tax-exempt municipal leases of the State of Colorado, its political subdivisions, municipalities and public authorities (Tax-Exempt Obligations). Under normal circumstances, the Tax-Exempt Obligations that are invested in by the Fund will mostly include tax-exempt bonds (at least 65% of the value of the Funds total assets). The interest on the Tax-Exempt Obligations will be exempt from regular federal income taxes and from Colorado personal income tax. The Fund may invest generally no more than 20% of the investments of the Fund in securities that may subject you to federal alternative minimum tax. The Fund will invest primarily in Tax-Exempt Obligations that are not rated by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, but that Freedom Funds Management Company (the Investment Adviser) determines are of equivalent quality to investments rated no less than investment grade (Baa3 or BBB-). The Fund is not restricted in the amount of not rated Tax-Exempt Obligations in which it can invest, and no more than 50% of its investments can be invested in rated Tax-Exempt Obligations. The Fund may also invest in Tax-Exempt Obligations that are rated below investment grade by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, or that are determined to have equivalent quality as determined by the Investment Adviser. Less than 35% of the Funds total assets will be invested in Tax-Exempt Obligations that are rated lower than investment grade by Moodys or S&P, or that are determined to have equivalent below investment grade quality by the Investment Adviser at the time of purchase. The Tax-Exempt Obligations that are below investment grade may also include securities rated Ba1 and BB+ or below, which are sometimes referred to as junk bonds. Some of the securities in which the fund invests may have credit and liquidity support features, including guarantees and letters of credit. The Fund is a diversified investment company, meaning that as to 75% of the Funds total assets, no more than 5% of the assets of the Fund will be invested in the obligations of any one issuer. Obligations which are not rated generally offer higher yields than Tax-Exempt Obligations with equivalent quality that are rated, but also are generally subject to higher risk. The Fund relies on the professional judgment of the Investment Adviser (through the portfolio manager) to make decisions about the Funds portfolio securities and the Funds investments and, given that most of the Funds investments are not rated, the Investment Advisers judgment, analysis and experience (through the portfolio manager) are more important than they would be if the Fund relied more on rating agencies for evaluating credit quality. The Investment Adviser attempts to manage the higher risk of investing in not rated Tax-Exempt Obligations by analyzing various factors in managing the Funds portfolio, which may include performing credit analysis, reviewing the current economic trends and developments in the geographic areas affecting the Funds investments, reviewing general market conditions, comparing pricing of similar investments issued by comparable issuers, reviewing current and anticipated changes in interest rates, evaluating other factors relevant to a particular security being evaluated and actively managing and diversifying the portfolio among municipal issuers. Securities may be sold when the Investment Adviser believes that they no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
CO COSEDU 5 07/01/2032 COSEDU $63.41M 3.24%
CO COSEDU 5.12 01/01/2042 COSEDU $39.71M 2.03%
CO COSEDU 4.38 07/01/2027 COSEDU $33.96M 1.73%
CO MEAGEN 8 06/01/2029 MEAGEN $30.39M 1.55%
ROSTRB 7.5 12/15/50 QIB ROSTRB $27.75M 1.42%
WI PUBEDU 5 06/01/2026 PUBEDU $27.70M 1.41%
CO SHEDEV 12/01/2029 SHEDEV $27.20M 1.39%
CO PICDEV 6.75 12/15/2050 PICDEV $24.23M 1.24%
CO MEAGEN 8 06/01/2029 MEAGEN $23.56M 1.20%
CO COSEDU 4.38 07/01/2027 COSEDU $22.89M 1.17%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
5
Exited
2
Increased
0
Decreased
9
Unchanged
315

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of September 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Freedom Funds Management Company Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of January 30, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

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