Bond Funds
By Compiled By Tara Kalwarski

(MONEY Magazine) – THREE-YEAR PERFORMANCE RANKINGS

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

1 1 Pimco Long-Term U.S. Government A 7.5 10.1 2.9 800-426-0107 2 2 BlackRock Gov. Income Inv. A 5.5 9.6 3.0 800-441-7762 3 3 Strong Government Securities Inv. 4.3 8.1 2.3 800-368-6860 4 4 SunAmerica U.S. Gov. Securities A 3.4 7.9 2.7 800-858-8850 5 5 Fidelity Spartan Government Income 4.3 7.8 3.2 800-343-3548 6 6 Eclipse Indexed Bond 4.9 7.7 2.8 866-232-5477 7 8 One Group Government Bond A 4.2 7.6 3.9 800-480-4111 8 17 Loomis Sayles Gov. Securities A 4.3 7.6 3.4 800-633-3330 9 7 Sentinel Government Securities A 5.6 7.6 3.7 800-282-3863 10 10 Dryden Government Income A 4.0 7.6 N.A. 800-225-1852

INVESTMENT-GRADE CORPORATE

1 1 Delaware Extended Duration Bond A 18.0 14.9 5.6 800-523-1918 2 2 Loomis Sayles Bond Ret. 29.6 14.1 5.4 800-633-3330 3 3 Delaware Corporate Bond A 14.7 12.5 4.7 800-523-1918 4 4 Loomis Sayles Inv. Grade Bond J 20.4 11.8 4.2 800-633-3330 5 5 ING Intermediate Bond A 6.5 11.0 2.6 800-992-0180 6 8 Vanguard Long-Term Corp. Bond Inv. 10.1 10.9 5.6 800-851-4999 7 7 Managers Bond 12.3 10.7 4.5 800-835-3879 8 6 Calvert Income A 13.6 10.7 3.8 800-368-2748 9 10 Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index 9.3 10.6 5.5 800-851-4999 10 9 Parnassus Fixed-Income 7.4 10.6 1.7 800-999-3505

HIGH-YIELD CORPORATE

1 1 RMK Select High Income A 12.8 14.8 10.5 800-564-2188 2 2 Pioneer High-Yield A 29.0 12.5 5.1 800-225-6292 3 4 Nations High-Yield Bond Inv. A 30.9 12.4 6.0 800-321-7854 4 3 Buffalo High-Yield 19.0 11.4 N.A. 800-492-8332 5 5 Salomon Brothers High-Yield Bond A 23.0 10.5 6.8 800-446-1013 6 24 MainStay High-Yield Corp. Bond A 37.2 10.4 4.9 800-624-6782 7 8 MFS High-Yield Opportunities A 23.2 10.3 7.1 800-225-2606 8 9 John Hancock High-Yield Bond B 36.3 10.2 8.9 800-257-3336 9 27 BlackRock High-Yield Bond Inv. A 26.6 10.2 6.4 800-441-7762 10 7 Ivy High Income A 17.8 10.1 N.A. 888-923-3355

TAX-EXEMPT

1 1 Invesco Tax-Free Bond C 5.7 10.4 2.3 800-347-4246 2 2 Nuveen High-Yield Bond A 10.2 9.8 5.7 800-257-8787 3 5 Oppenheimer Rochester Natl. Muni. A 16.0 9.0 7.2 800-525-7048 4 3 Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Bond N 6.8 8.7 4.0 800-982-8782 5 4 First Investors Ins. Tax-Exempt II A 6.4 8.6 2.9 800-423-4026 6 -- Eaton Vance High-Yield Municipals A 12.2 8.4 6.9 800-225-6265 7 -- Eaton Vance Municipal Bond A 8.2 8.3 5.2 800-225-6265 8 -- Eaton Vance National Municipals B 10.3 8.2 6.1 800-225-6265 9 9 Safeco Municipal Bond Inv. 7.4 8.1 4.1 800-624-5711 10 6 Schwab Long-Term Tax-Free Bond 6.7 8.0 4.0 800-266-5623

Bond fund notes: As of Nov. 20. [1] Multiyear returns are annualized. [2]As of Oct. 31. N.A.: Not available. Source: Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773.