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| MUTUAL FUND SCOREBOARD
Bond Fund Categories: How They Fared AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN*
1998 1996-98 994-98
LONG GOVERNMENT 11.7% 7.6% 7.9%
INTERNATIONAL 9.8 6.6 5.8
INTERMEDIATE (GENERAL) 7.5 6.5 6.5
INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT 7.4 6.2 6.1
LONG-TERM (GENERAL) 6.7 7.0 7.2
SHORT-TERM (GENERAL) 6.4 5.8 5.4
MUNICIPAL CALIFORNIA LONG 6.1 6.4 5.8
MUNICIPAL NEW YORK LONG 6.1 6.3 5.5
SHORT GOVERNMENT 6.0 5.5 5.2
MUNICIPAL CALIFORNIA INTERM. 5.7 5.9 5.4
MUNICIPAL SINGLE-STATE LONG 5.6 5.9 5.4
MUNICIPAL NATIONAL INTERM. 5.6 5.7 5.3
MUNICIPAL NATIONAL LONG 5.5 6.2 5.6
MUNICIPAL SINGLE-STATE INTERM. 5.4 5.6 5.2
ULTRASHORT (GENERAL) 5.2 5.7 5.5
MUNICIPAL NEW YORK INTERM. 5.2 5.2 4.6
MUNICIPAL SHORT 4.7 4.6 4.4
CONVERTIBLES 4.4 12.3 10.6
MULTISECTOR 1.9 6.6 6.0
HIGH-YIELD -0.3 8.5 7.5
EMERGING MARKETS -25.2 4.8 2.4
ALL BOND FUNDS 5.6 6.2 5.8
TAXABLE BOND FUNDS 5.7 6.6 6.3
TAX-FREE BOND FUNDS 5.5 5.8 5.3
*1994-1998 pretax returns, includes appreciation plus reinvestment of
dividends and capital gains
DATA: MORNINGSTAR INC.
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