Bond Funds
Latest results for 275 of the most important bond funds.
(MONEY Magazine) - Below are the latest results for 275 of the most important bond funds, including how the funds have performed against their peers (see page 90 for peer-group abbreviations). Each fund is available for a minimum investment of $25,000 or less, has assets of at least $800 million (as of Oct. 31) and has been operating since at least Jan. 1, 2005. • YIELD The average over the past 12 months. • EXPENSES The percentage of fund assets that go toward annual operating expenses, including management fees, 12b-1 fees and other asset-based costs. COMPANY/FUND NAME / % 2005 RETURN • > AIM High Yield A / 1.9 • > AllianceBernstein Americas Gov. Inc. A / 8.7 Bernstein California Municipal / 1.2 Bernstein Diversified Municipal / 1.1 Bernstein Intermediate Duration / 2.0 Bernstein New York Municipal / 1.3 Municipal Income California A / 4.2 • > American Century Ginnie Mae Inv. / 2.3 Inflation-Adjusted Bond Inv. / 1.6 International Bond Inv. / -7.5 Short-Term Government Inv. / 1.5 • > American Funds American H/I Muni Bond A / 4.2 American High-Income Trust A / 3.3 Bond Fund of America A / 1.6 Capital World Bond A / -2.8 Intermediate Bond Fund of America A / 1.4 Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America A / 1.2 Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America A / 2.8 Tax-Exempt Fund of California A / 3.2 U.S. Government Securities A / 1.8 • > BlackRock Core Bond Total Return Inv. A / 1.6 High Yield Bond Inv. A / 3.1 Intermediate Bond Inv. A / 0.7 Low Duration Bond Inv. A / 1.2 • > Calvert Income A / 3.0 Tax-Free Reserves Limited-Term A / 1.9 • > Columbia Conservative High Yield Z / 2.3 Core Bond Z / 1.4 Federal Securities A / 1.7 High Income B / 0.5 Intermediate Bond Z / 1.8 Intermediate Core Bond A / 0.7 Intermediate Municipal Bond Z / 1.4 Short Term Bond A / 1.5 Strategic Income A / 1.0 Tax-Exempt A / 3.1 Total Return Bond A / 1.2 • > Delaware Diversified Income A / -0.9 • > Dodge & Cox Income / 1.7 • > Dreyfus GNMA / 2.1 Intermediate Municipal Bond / 1.4 Municipal Bond / 3.2 New York Tax Exempt Bond / 2.3 Premier California Tax Exempt Bond Z / 3.4 • > Eaton Vance Floating-Rate A / 4.1 Floating-Rate & High Income Adv. / 4.0 Income Fund of Boston / 3.3 National Municipals A / 7.0 • > Elfun Tax-Exempt Income / 3.0 • > Evergreen Adjustable Rate C / 1.2 • > Evergreen Core Bond A / 1.6 High Yield Bond A / 0.6 International Bond A / -7.3 Municipal Bond A / 3.1 Pennsylvania Municipal A / 2.2 Short Intermediate Bond A / 1.1 • > Federated Bond A / 1.3 Fund for U.S. Government Securities A / 1.5 High Income Bond A / 2.0 Strategic Income B / 1.8 Total Return Bond SS / 1.5 • > Fidelity Advisor Government Investment T / 1.5 Advisor High Income Advantage T / 3.9 Advisor Intermediate Bond T / 1.1 Advisor Short Fixed-Income T / 1.6 Advisor Strategic Income T / 2.4 California Municipal Income / 3.0 Capital & Income / 4.6 Floating Rate High Income / 4.0 Ginnie Mae / 2.2 Government Income / 1.9 High Income / 3.0 Inflation-Protected Bond / 1.3 Intermediate Bond / 1.4 Intermediate Government Income / 1.1 Intermediate Municipal Income / 2.0 Investment Grade Bond / 2.1 Massachusetts Municipal Income / 3.0 Mortgage Securities / 2.1 Municipal Income / 3.1 New Markets Income / 10.0 New York Municipal Income / 2.4 Short-Intermediate Municipal Income / 0.8 Short-Term Bond / 1.9 Spartan Government Income / 1.9 Spartan Investment Grade Bond / 2.1 Strategic Income / 2.7 Ultra-Short Bond / 2.8 • > First American Core Bond A / 1.6 Intermediate Term Bond A / 1.1 • > FPA New Income / 1.4 • > Franklin AGE High Income A / 2.9 Arizona Tax-Free Income A / 2.7 California High Yield Municipal A / 6.0 California Insured Tax-Free Income A / 3.8 California Tax-Free Income A / 4.5 Federal Tax-Free Income A / 3.7 Floating Rate Daily Access A / 4.0 Florida Tax-Free Income A / 3.4 High Yield Tax-Free Income A / 4.6 Insured Tax-Free Income A / 3.3 Michigan Insured Tax-Free Income A / 3.4 New Jersey Tax-Free Income A / 3.8 New York Tax-Free Income A / 3.3 Ohio Insured Tax-Free Income A / 3.3 Pennsylvania Tax-Free Income A / 3.5 Strategic Income A / 1.2 Templeton Global Bond A / -2.9 U.S. Government Securities A / 2.1 • > Gartmore Bond Index A / 1.3 • > Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income A / 1.9 Government Income A / 1.7 High Yield A / 3.0 High Yield Municipal A / 6.3 Short Duration Government A / 1.0 Ultra-Short Duration Government A / 2.3 • > Harbor Bond Instl. / 2.0 • > Hartford Inflation Plus A / 1.1 • > ING Intermediate Bond A / 2.2 • > Janus Flexible Bond / 1.3 • > JennisonDryden Government Income A / 1.6 High Yield A / 2.7 • > John Hancock Bond A / 1.8 Strategic Income A / 2.1 • > J.P. Morgan Core Bond A / 1.5 • > J.P. Morgan Core Plus Bond A / 1.9 Government Bond A / 2.5 High Yield Bond A / 2.3 Intermediate Bond A / 1.4 Intermediate Tax Free Bond A / 0.9 Municipal Income A / 1.5 Short Duration Bond A / 1.4 Tax Free Bond A / 1.7 Ultra Short Term Bond C / 1.8 • > Loomis Sayles Bond Retail / 3.5 Global Bond Retail / -4.3 Strategic Income A / 2.7 • > Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture A / 1.4 U.S. Gov. & Gov. Sponsored Enterprises A / 1.7 • > MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond B / 1.9 • > Managers Fremont Bond / 2.4 • > Merrill Lynch Core Bond A / 1.3 High Income A / 1.0 Municipal Bond Insured A / 3.0 Municipal Bond National A / 3.7 U.S. Government A / 1.3 • > Metropolitan West Total Return Bond M / 2.8 • > MFS Bond A / 1.2 Government Securities A / 1.8 High Income A / 1.8 Municipal Bond A / 2.7 Municipal High Income A / 5.8 Research Bond A / 1.6 • > Morgan Stanley Tax-Exempt Securities Trust A / 2.7 U.S. Government Securities Trust A / 2.9 • > Northeast Investors Trust / 1.8 • > Northern High Yield Fixed Income / 1.3 • > Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond A / 7.2 Insured Municipal Bond A / 2.4 Intermediate Duration Municipal Bond A / 2.3 Limited Term Municipal Bond A / 0.9 • > Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals A / 7.0 California Municipal A / 10.1 Champion Income A / 2.4 Core Bond A / 1.8 High Yield A / 2.3 International Bond A / 3.5 Limited Term Government A / 1.4 Limited Term Municipal A / 6.5 Limited Term New York Municipal A / 4.7 Rochester Fund Municipals A / 7.9 Rochester National Municipal A / 8.8 Strategic Income A / 3.8 U.S. Government Trust A / 1.7 • > Phoenix Multi-Sector Short Term Bond A / 1.2 • > Pimco Diversified Income C / 3.9 Emerging Markets Bond A / 9.9 Floating Income A / 4.8 Foreign Bond (Unhedged) A / -8.7 Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged) A / 4.6 High Yield A / 3.8 Long-Term U.S. Government A / 3.1 Low Duration A / 0.9 Real Return A / 1.4 Short-Term A / 2.3 Total Return A / 1.9 • > Pioneer Bond A / 1.8 High Yield A / 2.2 Strategic Income A / 2.0 • > Principal Investors Bond & Mortgage Sec. J / 1.3 • > Putnam American Government Income A / 0.7 California Tax Exempt Income A / 2.9 Diversified Income M / 2.5 High Yield Advantage A / 2.8 High Yield Trust A / 3.2 Income A / 1.7 New York Tax Exempt Income A / 2.5 Tax Exempt Income A / 2.7 Tax-Free High Yield A / 5.4 U.S. Government Income Trust A / 1.7 • > Regions Morgan Keegan Select H/I A / 7.5 • > RiverSource Diversified Bond A / 1.7 High Yield Bond A / 4.0 Short Duration U.S. Government A / 1.2 Tax-Exempt High Income A / 2.1 • > Russell Diversified Bond C / 0.4 Multistrategy Bond C / 0.8 Short Duration Bond C / 0.3 • > Schwab Total Bond Market / 2.1 YieldPlus Investor / 3.1 • > Scudder California Tax-Free Income A / 2.7 Fixed Income A / 1.8 GNMA AARP / 2.3 High Income A / 3.6 High Yield Tax-Free S / 5.0 Managed Municipal Bond A / 2.8 Short Term Bond S / 1.6 U.S. Government Securities A / 1.9 • > Smith Barney California Municipals A / 2.9 Core Plus Bond A / 1.0 Diversified Strategic Income A / 2.9 High Income A / 2.3 Investment Grade Bond A / 0.7 Managed Municipals A / 3.0 • > STI Classic Seix High Yield A / 2.2 • > T. Rowe Price GNMA / 2.2 High Yield / 3.1 International Bond / -7.5 Maryland Tax-Free Bond / 2.7 New Income / 2.3 Short-Term Bond / 1.6 Spectrum Income / 2.0 Tax-Free High Yield / 5.6 Tax-Free Income / 3.1 • > Thornburg Limited Term Municipal A / 0.9 • > Thrivent Municipal Bond A / 2.5 • > USAA Income / 2.5 Tax Exempt Intermediate-Term / 2.4 Tax Exempt Long-Term / 3.1 Tax Exempt Short-Term / 1.6 • > Van Kampen Government Securities A / 2.4 High Yield Municipal A / 7.0 Insured Tax Free Income A / 2.8 Strategic Municipal Income A / 6.0 U.S. Mortgage A / 2.0 • > Vanguard CA Intm.-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 1.3 CA Long-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 3.0 Florida Long-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 1.9 GNMA Inv. / 2.7 High-Yield Corporate Inv. / 2.3 High-Yield Tax-Exempt Inv. / 3.6 Inflation Protected Securities Inv. / 1.8 Insured Long-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 2.6 Intermediate-Term Bond Index Inv. / 1.1 Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Inv. / 1.4 Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 1.7 Intermediate-Term Treasury Inv. / 1.7 Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 0.9 Long-Term Bond Index Inv. / 3.6 Long-Term Investment-Grade Inv. / 3.3 Long-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 2.4 Long-Term Treasury Inv. / 4.9 New Jersey Long-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 2.0 New York Long-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 2.0 Pennsylvania Long-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 2.1 Short-Term Bond Index Inv. / 1.1 Short-Term Federal Inv. / 1.5 Short-Term Investment-Grade Inv. / 2.0 Short-Term Tax-Exempt Inv. / 1.5 Short-Term Treasury Inv. / 1.6 Total Bond Market Index Inv. / 1.8 • > Waddell & Reed Advisors High Income A / 1.7 • > Wells Fargo Advantage Government Sec. Inv. / 1.8 Total Return Bond A / 1.5 Ultra Short-Term Income Inv. / 3.3 |
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