Bond Funds
By Compiled by Tara Kalwarski

(MONEY Magazine) – THREE-YEAR PERFORMANCE RANKINGS

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

1 1 Pimco Long-Term U.S. Gov. A 8.2 9.6 2.7 800-426-0107 2 2 BlackRock Gov. Income Inv. A 5.6 8.6 3.0 800-441-7762 3 7 Strong Government Securities Inv. 4.8 7.4 2.6 800-368-6860 4 32 Rydex U.S. Government Bond 5.9 7.1 4.1 800-820-0888 5 11 SunAmerica U.S. Gov. Securities A 3.6 7.1 3.1 800-858-8850 6 10 Fidelity Spartan Government Income 5.0 7.1 3.3 800-343-3548 7 9 Eclipse Indexed Bond 5.2 7.1 3.3 866-232-5477 8 13 One Group Government Bond A 4.5 6.9 3.7 800-480-4111 9 17 Loomis Sayles Gov. Securities A 4.8 6.9 2.9 800-633-3330 10 12 Sentinel Government Securities A 4.7 6.9 4.1 800-282-3863

INVESTMENT-GRADE CORPORATE

1 2 Loomis Sayles Bond Ret. 28.8 14.5 4.8 800-633-3330 2 1 Delaware Extended Duration Bond A 19.7 14.3 5.4 800-523-1918 3 5 Delaware Corporate Bond A 14.9 11.8 4.5 800-523-1918 4 8 Loomis Sayles Inv. Grade Bond J 19.7 11.6 3.9 800-633-3330 5 9 Croft-Leominster Income 17.4 10.8 6.0 800-551-0990 6 11 Managers Bond 12.7 10.7 4.0 800-835-3879 7 10 Calvert Income A 15.4 10.5 3.0 800-368-2748 8 12 ING Intermediate Bond A 7.2 10.2 2.8 800-992-0180 9 13 Vanguard Long-Term Corp. Inv. 10.6 10.0 5.5 800-851-4999 10 18 Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Inv. 10.2 9.9 5.4 800-851-4999

HIGH-YIELD CORPORATE

1 1 Regions Morgan Keegan Sel. Hi. Inc. A 16.3 14.1 10.2 800-564-2188 2 2 Pioneer High-Yield A 30.4 13.5 4.6 800-225-6292 3 6 Nations High-Yield Bond Inv. A 29.4 12.6 5.7 800-321-7854 4 11 John Hancock High-Yield Bond B 38.2 11.9 8.0 800-257-3336 5 23 Salomon Brothers High-Yield Bond A 23.9 10.9 6.4 800-446-1013 6 27 Heritage High-Yield Bond A 22.5 10.7 6.7 800-421-4184 7 28 MainStay High-Yield Corp. Bond B 34.7 10.7 2.8 800-624-6782 8 32 Conseco High-Yield B 27.0 10.3 7.5 800-986-3384 9 19 Sentinel High-Yield Bond A 21.0 10.3 6.2 800-282-3863 10 10 Buffalo High-Yield 19.9 10.2 2.6 800-492-8332

TAX-EXEMPT

1 1 Nuveen High-Yield Municipal Bond A 12.0 10.2 N.A. 800-257-8787 2 4 Oppenheimer Rochester Natl. Muni A 17.4 8.9 7.3 800-525-7048 3 5 Eaton Vance High-Yield Municipals A 11.6 8.3 6.2 800-225-6265 4 6 Eaton Vance National Municipals A 11.9 8.1 5.8 800-225-6265 5 7 Goldman Sachs High-Yield Muni A 10.6 7.9 4.7 800-526-7384 6 11 American Century High-Yield Muni Inv.[4] 7.8 7.9 4.9 800-345-2021 7 12 Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Bond N 8.0 7.6 4.0 800-982-8782 8 10 First Investors Ins. Tax Exempt II A 7.4 7.5 2.8 800-423-4026 9 15 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond A 9.6 7.3 5.0 800-225-6265 10 16 TIAA-CREF Tax-Exempt Bond 8.8 7.2 3.5 800-223-1200

BOND FUND NOTES: As of Jan. 15. [1] Lipper last ranking as of Dec. 18. [2] Multiyear returns are annualized. [3] Yield data as of Dec. 31. [4] Closed to new investors. N.A.: Not available. SOURCE: Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773.