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    BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Fund

    Overview

    Why invest in this Fund?

    The fund seeks to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax, to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital.

    To pursue this goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its net assets in municipal bonds that provide income exempt from federal personal income tax.

    The fund invests at least 75% of its assets in municipal bonds rated A or higher or the unrated equivalent as determined by the manager.
    Min. class investment
    $1,000
    Class Inception Date
    10/04/76
    Fund Assets
    $884,468,755  As of  10/03/23
    Class Assets
    $884,468,755  As of  10/03/23
    Portfolio Turnover Rate
    14.58% As of fiscal year end  08/31/22
    Morningstar Category
    Municipal National Intermediate
    Benchmark
    Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index
    Morningstar Overall Rating
    Fund Holdings
    250 As of 08/31/23
    AVERAGE EFFECTIVE MATURITY
    16.34 yr(s).  As of  08/31/23
    Modified Duration To Worst
    5.91 yr(s).  As of 08/31/23

    Morningstar Rating™ as of August 31, 2023 for the Single Share Class class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Municipal National Intermediate category. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 4 Stars (269 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (269 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 3 Stars (238 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 4 Stars (182 funds rated). The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a 3-year history. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance (not including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees if applicable), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Managed products; including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. © Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The fund represents a single portfolio with multiple share classes that have different expense structures. Other share classes may have achieved different results.

     

    Average Effective Maturity (AEM) is a measure of maturity that takes into account the possibility that a bond might be called back by the issuer. For a portfolio of bonds, average effective maturity is the weighted average of the maturities of the underlying bonds.

    Modified Duration to Worst is a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rates, which in this case assumes that the bond is called at its earliest possible call date (Worst). Modified duration measures the expected change in a bond's price to a 1% change in interest rates. In general, the higher the duration, the more a bond's price will drop as interest rates rise.

    Portfolio Managers

    • Daniel Marques

      Daniel Marques, CFA

      Senior Portfolio Manager, Insight North America, LLC

      13 yr(s). on fund
    • Daniel Rabasco

      Daniel Rabasco, CFA

      Head of Municipal Bonds, Insight North America LLC

      11 yr(s). on fund
    Performance

    Total Returns

    Month End

    Average Annual
    As of 09/30/23
    Name 3 MO
    09/30/23     		YTD
    09/30/23     		1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
    BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Fund
    DRTAX
    		-3.62 -0.80 2.42 -2.33 0.75 2.21 4.88

    Quarter End

    Average Annual
    As of 09/30/23
    Name 3 MO
    09/30/23     		YTD
    09/30/23     		1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
    BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Fund
    DRTAX
    		-3.62 -0.80 2.42 -2.33 0.75 2.21 4.88

    The performance data quotes represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Yield, share price and investment return fluctuate and an investor's shares may be worth more or less than original cost upon redemption. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Click above for month-end returns.

    The Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index covers the U.S. dollar-denominated long-term tax-exempt bond market. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.

     

    When applicable, returns reflect a contractual expense reduction, without which returns would have been lower. Please see contractual expense reduction information, if any, in the Prospectus Fee Table below.

    Growth of $10,000 Investment

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Historical Performance

      Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

      Monthly

      Yield fluctuates and past performance is no guarantee of future results.

      Monthly yield history is the annualized distribution rate that is based upon dividends per share from net investment income paid during the period, divided by the period ended maximum offering price per share, adjusted for capital gains (IF ANY) distributed during the period, and annualized based upon the number of days in the distribution period.

      Yearly

      Investment return fluctuates and past performance is no guarantee of future results.

      Fees & Expenses

      Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

      As of  12/30/22 Fee Description Expense Ratio (%)
      Management Fee 0.60%
      Shareholder Service Fees 0.05%
      Other Expenses 0.08%
      Total Expenses 0.73%
      Total Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, before any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Net Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, after any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements. The Total Expenses, or Net Expenses (if including fee waivers or expense reimbursements) is the actual fund expense ratio applicable to investors.
      Portfolio

      Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

      The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYM Investment Adviser). BNYM Investment Adviser has engaged its affiliate, Insight North America LLC (INA), to serve as the fund's sub-adviser. Daniel Marques, CFA and Daniel Rabasco, CFA are the fund's primary portfolio managers, positions they have held since December 2009 and February 2012, respectively. Mr. Marques is a senior portfolio manager for U.S. municipal bond strategies at INA. Mr. Rabasco is the head of municipal bond strategies at INA.
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      Asset Allocation

          Stats & Risks

          Daily Statistics

          As of 10/03/23 Name 30-Day Sec Yield
          (WITHOUT WAIVER)           		30-Day Sec Yield
          (WITH WAIVER)           		NAV Change 02/02/23  12 Month 
          High Nav           		11/03/22  12 Month 
          Low Nav           		YTD Return
          DRTAX
          		3.86% 3.86% $10.16
          -$0.04
          -0.39%
          		$10.84 $10.15 -1.45%

          Yield fluctuates and past performance is no guarantee of future results.

          The SEC 30-day Yield is calculated by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period (calculated in accordance with regulatory guidelines) by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

          Performance Metrics

          Overall Morningstar Rating

          MORNINGSTAR CATEGORY Municipal National Intermediate

          Morningstar Rating™ as of 08/31/23 for the Single Share Class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Municipal National Intermediate. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 4 Stars (269 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (269 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 3 Stars (238 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 4 Stars (182 funds rated).
          The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a 3-year history. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance (not including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees if applicable), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Managed products; including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-,and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. © Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The fund represents a single portfolio with multiple share classes that have different expense structures. Other share classes may have achieved different results.

          Lipper Rankings

          • 1 Year
            161 out of 293
          • 3 Year
            117 out of 278
          • 5 Year
            121 out of 249
          • 10 Year
            89 out of 181

          LIPPER CLASSIFICATION General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds

          Lipper Category returns and rankings are calculated by Lipper Inc., a Reuters Company, which is a nationally recognized organization that compares the performance of mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The Category returns represent the average performance of included funds, while rankings compare an individual fund's returns to those of the other funds in its category. Both are based on total return performance, with capital gains and dividends reinvested, with annual operating expenses deducted, but without including front or back-end sales charges. Rankings begin with the actual share class inception. Rankings are relative to a peer group and do not necessarily mean that the fund had high total returns. Rankings do not reflect sales loads

          Main Risks

          Bonds are subject to interest rate, credit, liquidity, call and market risks, to varying degrees. Generally, all other factors being equal, bond prices are inversely related to interest-rate changes and rate increases can cause price declines.
          Municipal income may be subject to state and local taxes. Some income may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for certain investors. Capital gains, if any, are taxable.

          Risk Metrics

          As of  08/31/23  3-Year Trailing Standard Deviation Alpha Beta R-Squared Sharpe Ratio
          DRTAX
          		6.07 -0.16 0.98 98.46 -0.52

          All risk metrics are provided by Morningstar. The index used in the calculations are determined by Morningstar which may not be the funds primary benchmark. The index Morningstar used for this analysis is Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index.


          Alpha - Alpha is a measure of a security's or portfolio's excess return.

          Beta - Beta is a measure of a security’s or portfolio’s volatility, or systematic risk.

          R-Squared - R-squared is a statistical measure that represents the percentage of a fund’s or security’s movements that are explained by movements in a benchmark index.

          Sharpe Ratio - Sharpe ratio is a risk-adjusted measure that measures reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better.

          Standard Deviation - Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the degree to which an individual portfolio return tends to vary from the mean, based on the entire population. The greater the degree of dispersion, the greater the degree of risk. In mutual funds, the standard deviation tells us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns.

          Distributions

          Dividend Schedule

          Declared
          Daily
          Distributed
          Monthly
          Paid
          Monthly
          Fiscal Year End
          Aug 31
          Annualized Distribution Rate
          2.93%
          As of  09/2023

          Annualized distribution rate is based upon dividends per share from net investment income paid during the period, divided by the period ended maximum offering price per share, adjusted for capital gains (IF ANY) distributed during the period, and annualized based upon the number of days in the distribution period.

          Month/Year Dividend ($)
          09/2023 0.023837059
          08/2023 0.025495050
          07/2023 0.025211280
          06/2023 0.024389863
          05/2023 0.026716984
          04/2023 0.022728476
          03/2023 0.025179543
          02/2023 0.022209293
          01/2023 0.025557159
          12/2022 0.023927307
          11/2022 0.023640389
          10/2022 0.024541838

          All figures as of month-end. Dividend history does not reflect any capital gains that may have been paid

          Distributions History

          Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
          Non-Qualified 
          Dividends           		Qualified 
          Dividends           		Non-Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Long-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Total 
          Distribution           		Reinvest 
          NAV
          12/22/21 12/23/21 12/23/21 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0782 0.0782 12.01
          Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
          Non-Qualified 
          Dividends           		Qualified 
          Dividends           		Non-Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Long-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Total 
          Distribution           		Reinvest 
          NAV
          12/22/20 12/23/20 12/23/20 0.0000 0.0000 0.0016 0.0000 0.0618 0.0634 -
          12/26/19 12/27/19 12/27/19 0.0000 0.0000 0.0029 0.0000 0.0878 0.0907 -
          12/27/18 12/28/18 12/28/18 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0192 0.0192 -
          12/27/17 12/28/17 12/28/17 0.0000 0.0000 0.0042 0.0000 0.0000 0.0042 -
          12/18/13 12/19/13 12/19/13 0.0000 0.0000 0.0033 0.0000 0.0000 0.0033 -
          12/05/02 12/06/02 12/06/02 0.0000 0.0000 0.0015 0.0000 0.0000 0.0015 -
          12/06/01 12/07/01 12/07/01 0.0000 0.0000 0.0011 0.0000 0.0000 0.0011 -
          12/06/00 12/07/00 12/07/00 0.0000 0.0000 0.0003 0.0000 0.0000 0.0003 -
          12/08/99 12/09/99 12/09/99 0.0000 0.0000 0.0002 0.0000 0.0000 0.0002 -
          12/08/98 12/09/98 12/09/98 0.0000 0.0000 0.0960 0.0000 0.0000 0.2237 -
          12/03/97 12/04/97 12/04/97 0.0000 0.0000 0.0559 0.0000 0.0000 0.0679 -
          12/04/96 12/05/96 12/05/96 0.0000 0.0000 0.0004 0.0000 0.0000 0.0081 -
          12/13/94 12/14/94 12/14/94 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0706 -
          12/13/93 12/14/93 12/14/93 0.0000 0.0000 0.0225 0.0000 0.0000 0.3291 -
          04/27/93 04/28/93 04/30/93 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0015 -
          11/24/92 11/25/92 11/30/92 0.0000 0.0000 0.0399 0.0000 0.0000 0.2763 -
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