Inflation Protection Fund
Principal Funds, Inc
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$2.27B
Holdings1
80
Category
Taxable Bond
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks to provide current income and real (after inflation) total returns.

Strategy. The Fund invests primarily in inflation-indexed bonds of varying maturities issued by the U.S. government. In managing the Fund, Principal Global Investors, LLC (PGI), the Funds investment advisor uses a sampling strategy designed to track the Bloomberg U.S. TIPS Index (the Index). The index is composed of investment grade U.S. treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). As of January 31, 2026, the Index was composed of 47 issues. The Index is rebalanced monthly to reflect securities that have dropped out of or entered the Index in the preceding month. Generally, the Fund makes corresponding changes to its portfolio shortly after Index changes are made public. The Fund typically does not purchase all of the securities in the Index. Under normal circumstances, the … The Fund invests primarily in inflation-indexed bonds of varying maturities issued by the U.S. government. In managing the Fund, Principal Global Investors, LLC (PGI), the Funds investment advisor uses a sampling strategy designed to track the Bloomberg U.S. TIPS Index (the Index). The index is composed of investment grade U.S. treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). As of January 31, 2026, the Index was composed of 47 issues. The Index is rebalanced monthly to reflect securities that have dropped out of or entered the Index in the preceding month. Generally, the Fund makes corresponding changes to its portfolio shortly after Index changes are made public. The Fund typically does not purchase all of the securities in the Index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund maintains an average portfolio duration that is in line with the duration of the Index, which as of January 31, 2026, was 6.48 years. The Fund's strategies may result in the active and frequent trading of the Fund's portfolio securities.

Allocation by sector

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

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
2
Exited
77
Increased
10
Decreased
61
Unchanged
7

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 October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Principal Global Investors, LLC Adviser
Blackrock Financial Management, INC Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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