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The Bond Fund Leaders

       
   TAXABLE FUNDS                TOTAL RETURN*
PHOENIX EMERGING MKTS. BOND A           5.80%
SCUDDER EMERGING MARKETS INCOME         5.29
T. ROWE PRICE EMERGING MKTS. BOND       4.81
FIDELITY NEW MARKETS INCOME             4.38
ASTRA ADJUSTABLE U.S. GOVT. SECS. I     4.26
FIDELITY ADVISOR EMERGING MKTS. INC. T  4.22
BEAR STEARNS EMERGING MKTS. DEBT A      4.00
NORTHEAST INVESTORS                     3.98
MORGAN STANLEY WORLDWIDE HI-INC. A      3.77
BT INVESTMENT GLOBAL HIGH-YIELD SECS.   3.70
AVERAGE OF 1,062 FUNDS                 -0.03


 TAX-FREE FUNDS                  TOTAL RETURN*
SOUTH DAKOTA TAX-FREE                   1.14%
STRONG HIGH-YIELD MUNICIPAL BOND        1.11
DAVIS TAX-FREE HIGH INCOME B            1.08
LORD ABBETT TAX-FREE INCOME WA A        1.04
VOYAGEUR NATIONAL HIGH-YIELD MUNI.      1.00
OCEAN STATE TAX-EXEMPT                  0.98
RIVERSIDE CAP. TN MUNI. OBLIGATIONS     0.95
COLORADO BONDSHARES                     0.89
EV MARATHON MS MUNICIPALS               0.89
ND TAX-FREE                             0.87
AVERAGE OF 1,166 FUNDS                 -0.03

*APPRECIATION PLUS REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAINS BEFORE TAXES, 
JAN 1-MAR. 24, 1997

DATA: MORNINGSTAR INC.





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