MWLIX
TCW METWEST LOW DURATION BOND FUND
TCW Metropolitan West Funds
Expense ratio1
0.43%
Net assets2
$892.77M
Holdings2
503
Category
Other
2025 return3
6.29%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Aug. 22, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Low Duration Bond Fund seeks to maximize current income, consistent with preservation of capital.

Strategy. The Fund pursues its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 70% of its net assets in highly rated fixed income securities or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Up to 30% of the Funds net assets may be invested in securities rated below highly rated securities or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality, but not more than 20% of the Funds net assets may be invested in securities rated below investment grade (commonly known as junk bonds) or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment … The Fund pursues its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 70% of its net assets in highly rated fixed income securities or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Up to 30% of the Funds net assets may be invested in securities rated below highly rated securities or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality, but not more than 20% of the Funds net assets may be invested in securities rated below investment grade (commonly known as junk bonds) or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities it regards as bonds. A bond is a security or instrument having one or more of the following characteristics: a fixed-income security, a security issued at a discount to its face value, a security that pays interest or a security with a stated principal amount that requires repayment of some or all of that principal amount to the holder of the security. The term bond is interpreted broadly by the Adviser as an instrument or security evidencing a promise to pay some amount rather than evidencing the corporate ownership of equity, unless that equity represents an indirect or derivative interest in one or more bonds. Under normal circumstances, the Funds portfolio duration is up to three years and the Funds dollar-weighted average maturity ranges from one to five years. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security to changes in interest rates. The Fund invests in the U.S. and abroad, including emerging markets, and may purchase securities of varying maturities issued by domestic and foreign corporations and governments. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its assets in foreign securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its assets in securities of foreign issuers that are not denominated in U.S. dollars. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in emerging market securities. The Funds investments include various types of bonds and debt securities, including corporate bonds, notes, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities (including collateralized debt obligations, which in turn include collateralized bond obligations and collateralized loan obligations), bank loans, U.S. and non-U.S. money market securities, swaps (including credit default swaps), futures, options (including swaptions), municipal securities, defaulted debt securities, private placements and restricted securities. The Funds fixed income investments may have interest rates that are fixed, variable or floating. Derivatives are used in an effort to hedge investments, for risk management, or to increase income or gains for the Fund. The Fund may also seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques such as reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its primary investment strategies. The Fund may normally short sell up to 25% of the value of its total assets.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
US TREASURY N/B $123.72M 13.86%
TCW Central Cash Fund $38.71M 4.34%
US TREASURY N/B $26.95M 3.02%
FNCL 5 4/26 $23.54M 2.64%
G2SF 4 4/23 $19.42M 2.18%
JPMORGAN CHASE $13.68M 1.53%
US TREASURY N/B $12.20M 1.37%
WELLS FARGO CO $12.00M 1.34%
FN MA4805 $11.91M 1.33%
Government National Mortgage Association $11.34M 1.27%
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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
110
Exited
89
Increased
18
Decreased
228
Unchanged
151

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 March 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
METROPOLITAN WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of July 28, 2025, 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. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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