Performance of Top 25 Mixed Funds Managed by Banks and Thrifts

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Balanced and asset-allocation mutual funds with assets of $25 million or more ranked by the total return for 1997

(dollar amounts in millions)

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Fund Name Bank

1 Dreyfus Asset Allocation Fund Mellon Bank Corp.

2 Stagecoach LifePath 2040 A Wells Fargo & Co.

3 Evergreen Foundation Fund Y First Union Corp.

4 Evergreen Foundation Fund A First Union Corp.

5 Evergreen Latin America Fund B First Union Corp.

6 Dreyfus Premier Balanced Fd R Mellon Bank Corp.

7 Masterworks LifePath 2030 Inst Wells Fargo & Co.

8 Evergreen Foundation Fund C First Union Corp.

9 Evergreen Foundation Fund B First Union Corp.

10 Stagecoach LifePath 2030 A Wells Fargo & Co.

11 Fountain Square Balanced A Fifth Third Bancorp

12 Compass Capital-Balanced Inst PNC Bank Corp.

13 AVESTA Tr-Balanced Fund (1) Chase Bank of Texas

14 Dreyfus Premier Balanced Fd B Mellon Bank Corp.

15 BT Pyramid-Instl Asset Management Bankers Trust New York Corp.

16 Compass Capital-Balanced Svc PNC Bank Corp.

17 Compass Capital-Balanced Inv A PNC Bank Corp.

18 BT Investment-Lifecycle Lng Range Bankers Trust New York Corp.

19 Amcore Vintage Balanced Amcore Financial Inc.

20 Atlas Balanced Fund A Golden West Financial Corp.

21 One Group-Asset Alloc Fid Banc One Corp.

22 Masterworks Asset Alloc Inst Wells Fargo & Co.

23 One Group-Asset Alloc Inv Banc One Corp.

24 Rembrandt Balanced Tr LaSalle National Corp.

25 Vista Balanced A Chase Manhattan Corp.

Average for top 25 funds with $25 million or more in assets

Average for all 171 bank proprietary mixed funds

Nonbank mixed fund averages

Blend: 60% S&P 500, 40% Lehman aggregate

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Fund AssFull yeaFourth qua Latest

Investment Objective 12/31/97 1997 1997 3 Years*

1 Asset Allocation - Domestic$77.70 28.94 -0.24 22.34

2 Asset Allocation - Domestic 227.8 26.49 1.06 25.57

3 Asset Allocation - Domestic 975.2 25.66 3.79 22.04

4 Asset Allocation - Domestic 282.2 25.34 3.77 21.75

5 Asset Allocation - Global 98.3 24.99 -12.31 16.73

6 Balanced - Domestic 149.9 24.9 2.51 24.15

7 Asset Allocation - Domestic 79.1 24.5 1.77 24.22

8 Asset Allocation - Domestic 36.9 24.4 3.5 20.75

9 Asset Allocation - Domestic 839.1 24.39 3.55 20.82

10 Asset Allocation - Domestic 117.2 24.14 1.71 23.25

11 Balanced - Domestic 127.3 24.06 1.57 21.49

12 Balanced - Domestic 31.7 23.82 2.94 22.23

13 Balanced - Domestic 25.6 23.67 2.16 19.38

14 Balanced - Domestic 27.4 23.67 2.27 22.91

15 Asset Allocation - Global 359.4 23.51 2.31 21.04

16 Balanced - Domestic 179.4 23.47 2.86 21.87

17 Balanced - Domestic 87.3 23.34 2.84 21.76

18 Asset Allocation - Domestic 106.3 23.04 2.25 20.57

19 Balanced - Domestic 44.7 22.82 2.01 -

20 Balanced - Domestic 44 22.72 3.96 21.68

21 Asset Allocation - Domestic 92.3 22.58 2.75 20

22 Asset Allocation - Domestic 466.4 22.32 5.04 20.9

23 Asset Allocation - Domestic 35.1 22.26 2.6 19.68

24 Balanced - Domestic 67.2 22.1 2.18 18.96

25 Balanced - Domestic 91.9 22.03 3.03 20.44

Average for top 25 $186.77 23.97 2 21.44

Average for all 17 $113.49 17.45 0.75 18.6

Nonbank mixed fund $244.24 17.11 0.19 18.17

Blend: 60% S&P 500, - 23.62 2.94 22.6

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Latest Latest

Investment Objective 5 Years*10 Years*

1 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

2 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

3 Asset Allocation - Domestic 15.78 -

4 Asset Allocation - Domestic 15.61 -

5 Asset Allocation - Global - -

6 Balanced - Domestic - -

7 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

8 Asset Allocation - Domestic 15.04 -

9 Asset Allocation - Domestic 15.08 -

10 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

11 Balanced - Domestic 12.54 -

12 Balanced - Domestic 14.62 -

13 Balanced - Domestic 12 -

14 Balanced - Domestic - -

15 Asset Allocation - Global - -

16 Balanced - Domestic 14.34 -

17 Balanced - Domestic 14.22 -

18 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

19 Balanced - Domestic - -

20 Balanced - Domestic - -

21 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

22 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

23 Asset Allocation - Domestic - -

24 Balanced - Domestic - -

25 Balanced - Domestic 14.56 -

Average for top 25 funds 14.38 -

Average for all 171 bank 12.61 9.96

Nonbank mixed fund averages 12.72 12.14

Blend: 60% S&P 500, 40% 15.1 14.57 ===

Data Source: The data were provided by CDA/Wiesenberger, Rockville, Md., from its mutual funds data base. A proprietary fund is a fund that was formed or founded by a bank or over which the bank exercises management discretion. Excluded are private-label

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