Fund Performance
| Class N
(Period ending 8/31/2010) |
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| |
Month |
YTD |
1 Yr. |
3 Yrs. |
5 Yrs. |
10 Yrs. |
| Income Fund |
1.22% |
6.38% |
8.01% |
4.89% |
3.75% |
4.65% |
| Barclays Capital Intermediate Govt./Credit Bond Index |
1.17% |
6.94% |
8.18% |
7.01% |
5.67% |
6.10% |
| Morningstar
Short-Term Bond
Category |
0.46% |
3.75% |
5.80% |
3.93% |
3.73% |
4.13% |
| Morningstar Quartile Ranking in Category | -- | -- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Fund's Ranking / # of Funds in Peer Group | -- | -- |
62 / 429 |
127 / 378 |
190 / 326 |
56 / 182 |
| Morningstar Rating | -- | -- | -- |
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Performance cited represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results and current performance may be lower or higher than the data quoted. Returns shown are average annual total returns, which assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate with market and economic conditions and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.
Class N Shares are available to the general public without a sales load. Class I Shares are available to certain institutional investors.
The Barclays Capital Government/Credit Bond Index indicates broad intermediate government/corporate bond market performance.
The Morningstar Short-Term Bond Category represents the average annual composite performance of all mutual funds listed in the Short-Term Bond Category by Morningstar.
As interest rates rise, bond prices will fall and bond funds become more volatile.
Morningstar Ratings™ are as of 8/31/2010 and are subject to change every month. The ratings are based on a risk-adjusted return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's monthly performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each Category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the middle 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.
Morningstar Quartile Rankings are based on Morningstar Percentile Ranking in Morningstar Category, where 1% - 25% = first quartile(1); 26% - 50% = second quartile(2); 51% - 75% = third quartile(3); and 76% - 100% = fourth quartile(4). The Morningstar Percentile Ranking compares a Fund's Morningstar risk and return scores with all the Funds in the same Category, where 1% = Best and 100% = Worst.
Morningstar Ranking / # of Funds in Category displays the fund's actual rank within its Morningstar Category based on average annual total return and number of Funds in that Category.