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Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 (Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $6.97 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2015)


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What is Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2015 was $3.76 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2015 was $6.97 Mil.


Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 Annual Data
Trend Oct10 Oct11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 6.26 6.66 6.32 6.57 6.97

Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 Semi-Annual Data
Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Oct11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.14 3.10 3.47 3.21 3.76

Competitive Comparison of Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2015 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.97 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2  (AMEX:NXZ) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 (Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2) Business Description

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Nuveen Dividend Advantage Muni Fund 2 invests in municipal securities that are exempt from federal income taxes. The Company's investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax and to enhance portfolio value.
Executives
Margaret L. Wolff other: Trustee C/O NUVEEN 333 W. WACKER DR., STE 3400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Sherri A Hlavacek officer: Vice President and Treasurer 333 WEST WACKER DRIVE, C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, CHICAGO IL 60606
David J Lamb officer: Vice President 333 W WACKER DRIVE, C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gifford R Zimmerman officer: Chief Administrative Officer 333 W WACKER DRIVE, C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, CHICAGO IL 60606
Citigroup Inc 10 percent owner 388 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10013
John Kevin Nelson other: Trustee C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, 333 W. WACKER DR, STE 3400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Schreier Thomas S Jr other: Trustee C/O NORTHWEST AIRLINES, 1689 NONCONNAN BLVD, MEMPHIS TN 38132
Joel T. Slager officer: Vice President C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, 333 W. WACKER DR, STE 3400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Steven M. Hlavin other: Portfolio Manager 333 W. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2900, CHICAGO IL 60606
Spalding Thomas C Jr officer: V.P. & Portfolio Manager 333 W WACKER DRIVE, C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, CHICAGO IL 60606
Douglas J White other: Portfolio Manager 800 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Virginia Stringer other: Trustee 800 NICOLLET MALL, C/O US BANCORP ASSET MANAGEMENT, MINNEAPOLIS MI 55402
Kathleen L Prudhomme officer: Vice President 800 NICOLLET MALL, MAIL STOP BC-MN-H21C, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Christopher L Drahn other: Portfolio Manager 800 NICOLLET MALL, MAIL STOP BC-MN-H21C, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Michael S. Hamilton other: Portfolio Manager C/O NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, 333 W. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606

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