+++ (Dollar amounts in millions) part 1 of 3 Rank Fund Name Bank 1 Dreyfus Core Bond Mellon Bank Corp. 2 Dreyfus Short-Term Income Fund Mellon Bank Corp. 3 WM Sh-Term High Quality A Washington Mutual Inc. 4 American Performance Sh-Term Inc BOK Financial Corp. 5 BlackRock-Low Duration Inst PNC Bank Corp. 6 J.P. Morgan Instl-Sh Term Bd J. P. Morgan & Co. 7 One Group-Ultra Sh Term Bond I Banc One Corp. 8 Harris Insight Short/Int Bd Inst Bank of Montreal 9 Dreyfus Basic GNMA Fd Mellon Bank Corp. 10 Dreyfus Basic GNMA II Mellon Bank Corp. 11 Pacific Capital Sh-Int Treas I Bancwest Corp. 12 First American-Limited Term Y U.S. Bancorp 13 J.P. Morgan Short Term Bond Fd J. P. Morgan & Co. 14 SSgA Yield Plus Fund State Street Corp. 15 Parkstone Limited Mat Inst National City Corp. 16 Evergreen Select Ltd Duration I First Union Corp. 17 Performance Fds-Short Govt Inst Trustmark Corp. 18 Firstar Short Term Bond Mkt Ret AFirstar Corp. 19 Kent Fds-Short Term Bond Inst Old Kent Financial Corp. 20 Ark Fds-Short Term Treas Inst Allfirst Financial Corp. 21 Norwest Advantage-Stable Inc I Wells Fargo & Co. 22 One Group-Short Term Bond I Banc One Corp. 23 Excelsior Short Term Government U.S. Trust Corp. 24 STI Classic Sh-Term Treas Tr SunTrust Banks 25 Centura Federal Securities Inc C Centura Banks 26 Chase Vista Short Term Bond Fund Chase Manhattan Corp. 27 Firstar Short Term Bond Mkt Inst Firstar Corp. 28 Wachovia S/T Fixed Income Fund Y Wachovia Corp. 29 Armada Enhanced Income Inst National City Corp. 30 Marshall Short-Term Income Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 31 Dreyfus A Bonds Plus Mellon Bank Corp. 32 Harris Insight Bond Inst Bank of Montreal 33 Nations Sh-Term Inc Pr A Bank of America Corp. 34 Dreyfus Sh-Interm Govt Mellon Bank Corp. 35 CitiFunds Sh-Term US Gov Inc Citigroup, Inc. 36 Evergreen Short-Interm Bond Y First Union Corp. 37 Evergreen Select Fixed Inc I First Union Corp. 38 AmSouth-Ltd Maturity Fd Premier AmSouth Bancorp 39 Mercantile-U.S. Govt Tr Firstar Corp. 40 Armada Interm Bond Inst National City Bank 41 Northern Instl US Govt Sec A Northern Trust Corp. 42 Firstar Interm Bond Mkt Inst Firstar Corp. 43 BlackRock-Interm Govt Inst PNC Bank Corp. 44 Dreyfus UST Sh-Term Fund Mellon Bank Corp. 45 Highmark Intermed Bd Fid Union Bankshares 46 Regions Ltd Mat Govt B Regions Financial 47 Huntington Short-Interm Income TrHuntington Bancshares 48 Stagecoach US Govt Alloc A Wells Fargo & Co. 49 First American-Adj Rate Mort Sec U.S. Bancorp 50 Boston 1784 Funds-S/T Inc A Fleet Boston Financial
Average for the top 50 funds with $25 million or more in assets
Average for all 250 funds with $25 million or more in assets
Average for all 464 bank proprietary bond funds
Non-Bank Bond Fund Averages
Lehman Brothers Govt/Corp part 2 of 3
Fund Assets Third Year Rank Investment Objective 9/30/99 Qtr. to Date 1 General Bd - Investment Grade $270.41 2.01% 2.95% 2 General Bd - Investment Grade 357.07 1.96 4.87 3 General Bd - Investment Grade 109.26 1.48 2.26 4 General Bd - Investment Grade 66.86 1.39 2.8 5 US Government - Short & Interm 169.18 1.29 3.17 6 General Bd - Short & Interm 345.51 1.28 2.03 7 General Bd - Short & Interm 259.87 1.28 3.36 8 General Bd - Investment Grade 325.25 1.27 0.58 9 General Mortgage 109.57 1.25 2.41 10 General Mortgage 109.57 1.25 2.41 11 US Treasury 33.9 1.24 -0.88 12 General Bd - Short & Interm 124.9 1.21 2.58 13 General Bd - Short & Interm 37.27 1.21 1.88 14 General Bd - Investment Grade 491.68 1.2 4.12 15 General Bd - Short & Interm 120.38 1.2 2.48 16 US Government/Agency 319.2 1.18 2.37 17 US Government - Short & Interm 112.53 1.16 2.02 18 General Bd - Short & Interm 72.66 1.14 2.45 19 General Bd - Investment Grade 143.27 1.14 2.03 20 US Treasury 35.2 1.13 1.81 21 General Bd - Investment Grade 180.1 1.13 2.71 22 US Government - Short & Interm 804.88 1.13 2.37 23 US Government - Short & Interm 60 1.13 1.9 24 US Treasury 56.11 1.13 2.05 25 US Treasury 93.6 1.11 0.3 26 General Bd - Investment Grade 28.5 1.11 2.35 27 General Bd - Short & Interm 129.43 1.11 2.64 28 General Bd - Investment Grade 32.79 1.11 1.75 29 General Bd - Investment Grade 75.49 1.1 2.27 30 General Bd - Investment Grade 134.48 1.1 3.49 31 Corporate - Investment Grade 536.93 1.07 1.06 32 General Bd - Investment Grade 185.75 1.07 -0.55 33 General Bd - Investment Grade 397.83 1.04 2.54 34 US Government - Short & Interm 459.77 1.03 1.72 35 US Government/Agency 37.9 1.03 1.61 36 General Bd - Short & Interm 335.76 1.03 0.6 37 Corporate - Investment Grade 581.31 1.02 0.36 38 General Bd - Short & Interm 109.5 1.02 1.28 39 US Government/Agency 100.76 1 0.66 40 Multi-Sector Bond 310.17 1 -0.06 41 US Government - Short & Interm 85.27 0.99 1.69 42 General Bd - Short & Interm 280.92 0.99 0.72 43 US Government - Short & Interm 400.3 0.98 0.62 44 US Treasury 171.26 0.98 1.41 45 General Bd - Investment Grade 258.95 0.97 -0.11 46 US Government - Short & Interm 44.4 0.97 1.76 47 General Bd - Short & Interm 116.92 0.96 1.09 48 US Treasury 66.5 0.96 0.13 49 General Mortgage 106.53 0.96 3.02 50 General Bd - Short & Interm 156.6 0.95 2.08
A $199.04 1.15% 1.82%
A 224.65 0.64 -0.29
A 127.67 0.58 -0.49
N 0.18 0.34
L 0.52 -1.76 part 3 of 3
TOTAL RETURNS THROUGH 9/30/99 (%)
Latest Latest Latest Latest Rank 1 Year*3 Years*5 Years*10 Years* 1 4.60% 7.54% 9.02% 8.91% 2 5.47 6.56 7.01 - 3 2.69 5.4 5.34 - 4 4.07 6.68 - - 5 3.91 6.02 6.3 - 6 2.69 5.84 6.24 - 7 4.06 5.7 5.8 - 8 0.81 5.72 - - 9 1.21 6.54 7.6 - 10 1.21 6.54 7.6 7.55 11 -1.11 5.62 5.94 - 12 3.53 5.38 5.73 - 13 2.54 5.6 6.03 - 14 5.03 5.15 5.5 - 15 3.09 5.58 6 6.41 16 3.07 - - - 17 2.7 5.36 5.65 - 18 3.27 5.57 6.04 - 19 2.84 5.48 5.87 - 20 2.44 5.27 - - 21 3.53 5.53 - - 22 2.67 5.83 6.28 - 23 6.18 6.47 6.38 - 24 2.86 5.26 5.48 - 25 0.43 5.51 6.04 - 26 2.44 5.32 5.83 - 27 3.42 5.83 6.28 - 28 2.34 5.49 - - 29 2.96 5.67 5.85 - 30 3.89 5.57 5.84 - 31 -0.21 5.39 7.12 7.72 32 -0.53 6.28 - - 33 3.18 5.61 6.17 - 34 1.59 5.32 6.06 7.02 35 2.1 5.27 5.62 6.34 36 1.17 5.66 6.41 - 37 0.84 - - - 38 1.6 - - - 39 1.19 5.28 5.72 5.72 40 -0.02 5.65 6.54 - 41 1.83 5.7 6.13 - 42 1.42 6.13 6.88 - 43 0.75 6.14 6.69 - 44 1.43 5.13 5.74 6.48 45 -0.28 5.87 6.63 - 46 2.24 4.97 5.43 - 47 1.37 5.62 6.25 6.84 48 0.61 5.15 6 7.13 49 3.79 5.5 5.91 - 50 2.53 5.47 5.93 - A 2.31% 5.71% 6.22% 7.01% A -0.17 5.85 6.61 7.01 A -0.38 5.63 6.43 6.8 N 1.86 6.44 7.55 7.87 L -1.64 6.75 7.77 8.08 ===
