| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 22, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Bond Funds Can't Beat the Indexes FUND GROUP/ AVG. ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN INDEX 1989-1998 TREASURY 9.14% LEHMAN GOVT. 10.09 INT. TREASURY 8.86 LEHMAN INT. GOVT. 9.25 GOVT. MORTGAGE 8.72 LEHMAN GOVT./MORTG. 10.06 SHORT TREASURY 7.56 LEHMAN 1-3-YR. GOVT. 8.26 CORPORATE 9.23 LEHMAN GOVT./CORP. 10.26 HIGH QUALITY CORP. 9.35 LEHMAN AAA CORP. 10.67 HIGH YIELD CORP. 10.06 LEHMAN HIGH YIELD 11.48 GOVT. AGENCY 6.41 LEHMAN CORP./MORTG. 10.32 CONVERTIBLE 12.56 GOLDMAN SACHS CONVERT. 12.60 STRATEGIC INCOME 9.06 SALOMON WORLD GOVT. 9.88 DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S MICROPAL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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