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The Bond Fund Leaders

TAXABLE FUNDS
                                         TOTAL RETURN*
PHOENIX EMERGING MARKETS BOND A            18.57%
BEAR STEARNS EMERGING MARKETS DEBT A       15.59
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE INC. & GR. INSTL.       14.13
VALUE LINE CONVERTIBLE                     13.55
SCUDDER EMERGING MARKETS INCOME            12.66
RYDEX JUNO                                 12.63
MORGAN STANLEY INST. EMG. MKTS. DBT. A     12.46
JANUS HIGH-YIELD                           12.43
STRONG HIGH-YIELD BOND                     12.32
FIDELITY NEW MARKETS INCOME                11.07

TAX-FREE FUNDS
                                         TOTAL RETURN*
COLORADO BONDSHARES                         3.13%
ND TAX-FREE                                 2.48
SOUTH DAKOTA TAX-FREE                       1.91
MORGAN GRENFELL SHORT-TERM MUNI. BOND       1.54
CALVERT TAX-FREE RESERV. LIMITED-TRM. A     1.51
STRONG MUNICIPAL ADVANTAGE                  1.47
MONTANA TAX-FREE                            1.46
DREYFUS SHORT-INTERM. MUNI. BOND            1.20
DAVIS TAX-FREE HIGH INCOME B                1.11
VANGUARD MUNICIPAL SHORT-TERM               1.10

* Appreciation plus reinvestment of dividends and capital gains before taxes, 
Jan. 1-May 31, 1996

DATA: MORNINGSTAR INC.


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