TINRX Mutual Fund — Nuveen Equity Index Fund A Class

Nuveen Equity Index Fund A Class (TINRX)

Updated October 15, 2026.

TINRX is a Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 0.80%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.83%, its expense ratio is 0.36%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 94/100 (Safe). Total return is 766.8% over the past 20.5 years, 2.3 points ahead of SPY at 764.5%.

Nuveen Equity Index Fund A Class is a mutual fund that tracks the Russell 3000 Index by investing at least eighty percent of its assets in a representative selection of the stocks in that broad U.S. equity index. The fund has a modest current distribution rate with annual distributions and carries an expense ratio of 0.36%. It appeals to investors seeking broad U.S. equity market exposure with low-cost index-tracking characteristics.

TINRX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-15.

Total return is 766.8% over the past 20.5 years, 2.3 points ahead of SPY at 764.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 17.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 8.9%.

TINRX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

94 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.75%

Issuer

Nuveen

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/01/1999

Expense ratio

0.36%

Distribution rate

0.80%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

1.83%

Last close

$54.34 (as of 2026-10-15)

NAV

$53.89 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

N/A (price 2026-10-15, NAV 2026-09-30) (NAV stale)

AUM

$60,791,700,000

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$0.993

Ex-dividend date

12/12/2025

Beta

1.02

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.80%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.83%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Nuveen; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

TINRX risks and drawbacks

TINRX's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 8.9%.

Who may consider TINRX — and who may not

TINRX may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (TINRX pays annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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