CMDRX became
NSTMX.
CMDRX was the Advisor Class of Columbia Short Term Bond Fund. At the close on November 22, 2024, its shares converted into the fund’s Institutional Class, NSTMX. The fund continued; the CMDRX ticker did not.
Independent · Source-linked · No investment adviceConverted into NSTMX · Institutional Class after the November 22, 2024 close.
The chart ends where the class did.
The final CMDRX NAV observation is November 22, 2024—the effective conversion date in Columbia’s SEC filing. NSTMX is the current class to research.
Historical snapshot—not a live quote. Month-end points are downsampled from daily Yahoo Finance history retrieved June 19, 2026. The series stops on November 22, 2024 because CMDRX converted into NSTMX. Raw NAV excludes distributions.
View source historyOne fund. A retired class. A current ticker.
The distinction matters: CMDRX and NSTMX are share-class identifiers tied to the same underlying Columbia Short Term Bond Fund.
CMDRX was the Advisor Class; NSTMX is the Institutional Class that received those shares. Columbia’s filing described the conversion as tax-free for existing shareholders and removed Advisor Class references effective November 25, 2024.
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NSTMX is the direct continuation of CMDRX. BSV, VCSH, and SCHO are separate ETFs with different portfolio exposures and trading mechanics.
Columbia Short Term Bond Fund Institutional Class
This is the direct continuation of CMDRX after the 2024 share-class conversion.
Diversified short-term bondsVanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
A broad short-term investment-grade bond benchmark in an exchange-traded format.
Investment-grade government and corporate bondsVanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF
A narrower short-term option for comparing corporate-credit exposure.
Investment-grade corporate bondsSchwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
A government-only reference point for isolating credit quality from a mixed short-term bond strategy.
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CMDRX → NSTMX
See the documented November 2024 share-class conversion and current status.
02Share-class comparisonNSTMX vs. CMDRX
Compare what changed, what stayed tied to the same fund, and what former holders should verify.
03Historical NAVCMDRX NAV history
Read the archived chart correctly and understand why raw NAV is not total return.
04Product comparisonShort-term bond options
Compare the continuation with broad, corporate, Treasury, and active alternatives.
05Fund educationHow fund tickers work
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06Practical guideResearch any ticker
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