Bond Funds
By Compiled by Tara Kalwarski

(MONEY Magazine) – THREE-YEAR PERFORMANCE RANKINGS

Rank/last month % TOTAL RETURN % U.S. GOVERNMENT 1 yr. 3 yrs. yield Telephone [1] [2]

1 1 Pimco Long-Term U.S. Gov. A 7.6 9.7 2.7 800-426-0107 2 2 BlackRock Gov. Income Inv. A 5.4 8.7 1.8 800-441-7762 3 3 Rydex U.S. Government Bond 5.4 8.0 3.8 800-820-0888 4 4 Strong Government Securities Inv. 4.7 7.3 2.6 800-368-6860 5 6 Fidelity Spartan Government Income 4.6 7.1 2.9 800-343-3548 6 5 SunAmerica U.S. Gov. Securities A 3.7 7.0 2.6 800-858-8850 7 9 Loomis Sayles Gov. Securities A 3.6 7.0 2.7 800-633-3330 8 7 MainStay Indexed Bond I 5.0 7.0 3.0 800-624-6782 9 10 One Group Government Bond A 4.4 6.8 3.6 800-480-4111 10 8 Sentinel Government Securities A 4.2 6.8 4.1 800-282-3863

INVESTMENT-GRADE CORPORATE

1 2 Delaware Extended Duration Bond A 18.0 14.2 4.8 800-523-1918 2 1 Loomis Sayles Bond Ret. 24.4 14.0 4.3 800-633-3330 3 4 Delaware Corporate Bond A 13.5 11.5 4.2 800-523-1918 4 3 Loomis Sayles Inv. Grade Bond J 17.5 11.0 3.4 800-633-3330 5 7 Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Inv. 9.5 10.1 5.3 800-851-4999 6 5 Managers Bond 11.7 10.0 3.5 800-835-3879 7 8 Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Inv. 9.0 10.0 5.1 800-851-4999 8 6 Croft-Leominster Income 14.9 10.0 5.6 800-551-0990 9 16 Smith Barney Investment Grade Bond A 8.1 9.4 3.9 800-451-2010 10 10 ING Intermediate Bond A 6.6 9.1 2.7 800-992-0180

HIGH-YIELD CORPORATE

1 1 Regions Morgan Keegan Sel. Hi. Inc. A 17.0 14.2 9.6 800-564-2188 2 2 Pioneer High-Yield A 26.6 12.8 4.1 800-225-6292 3 4 John Hancock High-Yield Bond B 35.3 11.7 7.4 800-257-3336 4 3 Nations High-Yield Bond Inv. A 27.3 11.3 5.6 800-321-7854 5 6 Salomon Brothers High-Yield Bond A 20.0 10.1 6.4 800-446-1013 6 35 Calamos High-Yield A 22.9 10.0 N.A. 800-582-6959 7 10 WM High-Yield B 26.5 9.9 4.8 800-222-5852 8 7 MainStay High-Yield Corp. Bond B 32.0 9.8 4.8 800-624-6782 9 9 Sentinel High-Yield Bond A 18.4 9.8 6.1 800-282-3863 10 5 Buffalo High-Yield 19.4 9.7 2.0 800-492-8332

TAX-EXEMPT

1 1 Nuveen High-Yield Municipal Bond A 13.4 10.4 N.A. 800-257-8787 2 2 Oppenheimer Rochester Natl. Muni A 31.3 9.4 7.0 800-525-7048 3 3 Eaton Vance High-Yield Municipals A 14.5 8.5 5.9 800-225-6265 4 9 First Investors Ins. Tax-Exempt II A 6.3 8.1 2.7 800-423-4026 5 4 Eaton Vance National Municipals B 13.2 8.0 5.6 800-225-6265 6 8 Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Bond N 6.6 7.9 3.8 800-982-8782 7 7 American Century High-Yield Muni Inv.[3] 7.5 7.9 4.7 800-345-2021 8 6 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond A 9.2 7.8 4.9 800-225-6265 9 5 Goldman Sachs High-Yield Muni A 10.8 7.7 4.7 800-526-7384 10 22 TIAA-CREF Tax-Exempt Bond 7.3 7.6 3.2 800-223-1200

BOND FUND NOTES: As of Mar. 11. [1] Multiyear returns are annualized. [2] Yield data as of Feb. 29. [3] Closed to new investors. N.A.: Not available. SOURCE: Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773.