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 -2.4 8.3 2.7 800-426-0107 2 2 BlackRock Gov. Income Inv. A -0.7 7.1 1.4 800-441-7762 3 5 Sentinel Government Securities A 1.0 6.2 4.2 800-282-3863 4 6 Fidelity Spartan Government Income -0.3 6.0 2.8 800-343-3548 5 4 Strong Government Securities Inv. -0.5 6.0 2.7 800-368-6860 6 7 MainStay Indexed Bond I -0.2 5.8 3.0 800-624-6782 7 8 Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust A 0.0 5.8 3.2 800-525-7048 8 9 Fidelity Government Income -0.7 5.7 2.4 800-343-3548 9 11 Dryden Government Income A -0.9 5.6 3.1 800-225-1852 10 12 Federated Gov. Income Securities F 0.3 5.6 3.4 800-341-7400

INVESTMENT-GRADE CORPORATE

1 1 Loomis Sayles Bond Ret. 10.3 13.4 4.2 800-633-3330 2 2 Delaware Extended Duration Bond A 2.7 11.5 4.8 800-523-1918 3 3 Loomis Sayles Inv. Grade Bond J 5.1 10.4 3.3 800-633-3330 4 4 Delaware Corporate Bond A 3.4 9.8 4.1 800-523-1918 5 5 Croft-Leominster Income 6.4 9.2 5.6 800-551-0990 6 6 Managers Bond 2.9 8.8 3.4 800-835-3879 7 8 Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Inv. -2.2 8.1 4.9 800-851-4999 8 7 Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Inv. -1.9 8.0 5.3 800-851-4999 9 11 Columbia Income Z 5.4 7.8 4.2 800-345-6611 10 13 Lebenthal Taxable Municipal Bond 0.7 7.7 3.8 800-594-7078

HIGH-YIELD CORPORATE

1 1 Regions Morgan Keegan Sel. Hi. Inc. A 14.6 13.9 10.4 800-564-2188 2 4 Nations High-Yield Bond Inv. A 16.2 11.0 5.6 800-321-7854 3 2 Pioneer High-Yield A 16.0 11.0 3.9 800-225-6292 4 3 John Hancock High-Yield B 20.6 10.8 7.5 800-257-3336 5 7 MainStay High-Yield Corporate Bond B 20.0 10.3 5.2 800-624-6782 6 12 Delaware High-Yield Opportunities A 14.7 10.3 6.7 800-523-1918 7 6 WM High-Yield B 14.1 9.9 4.7 800-222-5852 8 5 Fidelity Advisor High Income Adv. T 21.1 9.9 6.7 800-522-7297 9 13 Managers High-Yield B 14.0 9.8 9.9 800-835-3879 10 9 Sentinel High-Yield Bond A 11.2 9.6 6.0 800-282-3863

TAX-EXEMPT

1 1 Nuveen High-Yield Municipal Bond A 10.1 9.4 N.A. 800-257-8787 2 2 Oppenheimer Rochester Natl. Muni A 15.8 7.9 7.0 800-525-7048 3 3 Eaton Vance High-Yield Municipals A 7.5 7.3 5.9 800-225-6265 4 4 Eaton Vance National Municipals B 7.2 7.2 5.0 800-225-6265 5 5 American Century High-Yield Muni Inv.[3] 4.3 7.0 4.6 800-345-2021 6 10 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond A 3.4 6.6 4.9 800-225-6265 7 8 First Investors Ins. Tax Exempt II A -0.1 6.6 2.6 800-423-4026 8 9 Goldman Sachs High-Yield Muni A 6.3 6.4 4.7 800-526-7384 9 7 Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Bond N 0.7 6.3 3.7 800-982-8782 10 11 USAA Long-Term 2.0 6.3 3.3 800-531-8181

BOND FUND NOTES: As of May 6. [1] Annualized. [2] Yield data as of March 31. [3] Closed to new investors. N.A.: Not available. SOURCE: Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773.