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 4.7 9.4 2.7 800-426-0107 2 2 BlackRock Gov. Income Inv. A 3.5 8.1 1.8 800-441-7762 3 3 Rydex U.S. Government Bond 1.8 7.5 3.8 800-820-0888 4 4 Strong Government Securities Inv. 3.1 6.9 2.6 800-368-6860 5 10 Sentinel Government Securities A 3.6 6.9 4.1 800-282-3863 6 5 Fidelity Spartan Government Income 3.6 6.8 2.9 800-343-3548 7 8 MainStay Indexed Bond I 3.3 6.6 3.0 800-624-6782 8 11 Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust A 2.7 6.5 3.7 800-525-7048 9 - Fidelity Government Income 3.1 6.5 2.5 800-343-3548 10 6 SunAmerica U.S. Gov. Securities A 2.0 6.5 2.6 800-858-8850

INVESTMENT-GRADE CORPORATE

1 2 Loomis Sayles Bond Ret. 21.2 15.1 4.3 800-633-3330 2 1 Delaware Extended Duration Bond A 14.4 13.7 4.8 800-523-1918 3 4 Loomis Sayles Inv. Grade Bond J 14.4 11.6 3.4 800-633-3330 4 3 Delaware Corporate Bond A 11.5 11.3 4.2 800-523-1918 5 8 Croft-Leominster Income 12.4 10.0 5.6 800-551-0990 6 6 Managers Bond 9.7 10.0 3.5 800-835-3879 7 5 Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Inv. 6.8 9.5 5.3 800-851-4999 8 7 Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Inv. 6.1 9.5 5.1 800-851-4999 9 11 Calvert Income A 14.4 9.2 2.5 800-368-2748 10 9 Smith Barney Investment Grade Bond A 5.6 8.9 3.9 800-451-2010

HIGH-YIELD CORPORATE

1 1 Regions Morgan Keegan Sel. Hi. Inc. A 17.1 14.4 9.6 800-564-2188 2 2 Pioneer High-Yield A 24.3 13.0 4.1 800-225-6292 3 3 John Hancock High-Yield Bond B 31.4 12.6 7.4 800-257-3336 4 4 Nations High-Yield Bond Inv. A 23.5 12.5 5.6 800-321-7854 5 13 Fidelity Advisor High Income Adv. T 30.8 12.1 6.8 800-522-7297 6 7 WM High-Yield B 22.6 11.7 4.8 800-222-5852 7 8 MainStay High-Yield Corporate Bond B 27.9 11.4 4.8 800-624-6782 8 6 Calamos High-Yield A 19.4 11.1 N.A. 800-582-6959 9 9 Sentinel High-Yield Bond A 16.1 10.9 6.1 800-282-3863 10 22 Fidelity Capital & Income 24.4 10.7 6.4 800-343-3548

TAX-EXEMPT

1 1 Nuveen High-Yield Municipal Bond A 12.9 9.7 N.A. 800-257-8787 2 2 Oppenheimer Rochester Natl. Muni A 26.6 8.6 7.0 800-525-7048 3 3 Eaton Vance High-Yield Municipals A 11.2 7.6 5.9 800-225-6265 4 5 Eaton Vance National Municipals B 11.4 7.5 5.6 800-225-6265 5 7 American Century High-Yield Muni Inv.[3] 6.8 7.5 4.7 800-345-2021 6 - Fidelity Spartan Tax-Free Bond 5.9 7.2 3.3 800-343-3548 7 6 Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Bond N 4.8 7.2 3.8 800-982-8782 8 4 First Investors Ins. Tax-Exempt II A 4.0 7.2 2.7 800-423-4026 9 9 Goldman Sachs High-Yield Muni A 10.6 7.1 4.7 800-526-7384 10 8 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond A 6.8 7.0 4.9 800-225-6265

BOND FUND NOTES: As of April 8. [1] Annualized. [2] Yield data as of Feb. 29. [3] Closed to new investors. N.A.: Not available. SOURCE: Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773.