Performance of Top 50 Taxable Bond Funds Managed by Banks and Thrifts

+++ Government and corporate mutual funds, with assets of 425 million or more, ranked by the total return in the first quarter (Dollar amounts in millions)

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Rank Fund Name Bank

1 Dreyfus High Yield Securities Mellon Bank Corp.

2 Dreyfus Interm Term Income Mellon Bank Corp.

3 Evergreen High Yield Bond A First Union Corp.

4 SSgA Yield Plus Fund State Street Corp.

5 Dreyfus Short-Term Income FundMellon Bank Corp.

6 OFFITBANK High Yield Sel Offitbank

7 Evergreen High Yield Bond B First Union Corp.

8 Marshall Short-Term Income Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

9 First American-Adj Rate Mort SU.S. Bancorp.

10 Dreyfus Core Bond Mellon Bank Corp.

11 American Performance Sh-Term IBOK Financial Corp.

12 Nations Sh-Term Inc Pr A Bank of America Corp.

13 BlackRock-Low Duration Inst PNC Bank Corp.

14 Dreyfus Premier Lmtd Term Hi IMellon Bank Corp.

15 One Group-Ultra Sh Term Bond Bank One Corp.

16 Northern Instl Short Interm BoNorthern Trust Corp.

17 Dreyfus Premier Lmtd Term Hi IMellon Bank Corp.

18 Dreyfus Premier Lmtd Term Hi IMellon Bank Corp.

19 Firstar Short Term Bond Mkt InFirstar Corp.

20 J.P. Morgan Instl-Sh Term Bd J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc.

21 Armada Enhanced Income Inst National City Corp.

22 Norwest Advantage-Stable Inc Wells Fargo & Co.

23 Firstar Short Term Bond Mkt ReFirstar Corp.

24 Chase Vista Short Term Bond FuChase Manhattan Corp.

25 Evergreen Select Ltd Duration First Union Corp.

26 Dreyfus A Bonds Plus Mellon Bank Corp.

27 J.P. Morgan Short Term Bond FdJ. P. Morgan & Co., Inc.

28 Dreyfus GNMA Fund Mellon Bank Corp.

29 One Group-Short Term Bond Bank One Corp.

30 Boston 1784 Funds-S/T Inc A Bank Boston Corp.

31 WM Sh-Term High Quality A Washington Mutual Inc.

32 Dreyfus Basic GNMA II Mellon Bank Corp.

33 Dreyfus Basic GNMA Fd Mellon Bank Corp.

34 Parkstone Limited Mat Inst National City Corp.

35 Galaxy Short Term Bond Inst Fleet Financial Group

36 First American-Limited Term Y U.S. Bancorp.

37 Performance Fds-Short Govt InsTrustmark Corp.

38 Dreyfus Premier GNMA A Mellon Bank Corp.

39 Parkstone Limited Mat A National City Corp.

40 Galaxy Short Term Bond Ret Fleet Financial Group

41 Parkstone Govt Income Inst National City Corp.

42 Chase Vista Short Term Bond FuChase Manhattan Corp.

43 Stagecoach Variable Rate Govt Wells Fargo & Co.

44 Dreyfus Premier GNMA B Mellon Bank Corp.

45 Kent Fds-Short Term Bond Inst Old Kent Financial Corp.

46 Parkstone Govt Income A National City Corp.

47 Marshall Government Income FunMarshall & Ilsley Bank

48 STI Classic Ltd-Trm Fed Mtg TrSunTrust Banks, Inc.

49 Huntington Mortgage Secs Tr Huntington Bancshares

50 Armada GNMA Sec Inst National City Corp.

Average for the top 50 funds with $25 million or more in assets

Average for the all 257 funds with $25 million or more in assets

Average for all 464 bank proprietary bond funds

Nonbank Bond Fund Average

Lehman Bros Govt/Corp

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Fund Asset First Latest

Rank Investment Objective 12/31/98 Qtr. 1 Year

1 Corporate - High Yield $141.02 8.31 -14.97

2 General Bd - Investment Gr 26.1 2.37 6.28

3 Corporate - High Yield 333.08 1.78 -4.44

4 General Bd - Investment Gr 788.28 1.71 5.13

5 General Bd - Investment Gr 345.75 1.64 3.1

6 Corporate - High Yield 1731.04 1.63 2.87

7 Corporate - High Yield 74.23 1.59 -5.16

8 General Bd - Investment Gr 130.12 1.52 5.25

9 General Mortgage 121.44 1.38 4.67

10 General Bd - Investment Gr 285.12 1.34 1.98

11 General Bd - Investment Gr 50.58 1.25 6.82

12 General Bd - Investment Gr 400.46 1.21 6.06

13 US Government - Short & In 173.88 1.18 6.18

14 Corporate - High Yield 144.3 1.12 -2.72

15 General Bd - Short & Inter 215.75 1.08 5.06

16 General Bd - Investment Gr 181.64 1.06 6.74

17 Corporate - High Yield 550.82 0.99 -3.21

18 Corporate - High Yield 203.52 0.93 -3.45

19 General Bd - Short & Inter 125.8 0.93 5.85

20 General Bd - Short & Inter 211.96 0.88 6.26

21 General Bd - Investment Gr 87.81 0.88 5.96

22 General Bd - Investment Gr 170.6 0.87 5.22

23 General Bd - Short & Inter 80.2 0.87 5.59

24 General Bd - Investment Gr 28.36 0.86 5.14

25 US Government/Agency 72.69 0.85 5.84

26 Corporate - Investment Gra 596.06 0.84 2.05

27 General Bd - Short & Inter 32.65 0.82 6.06

28 General Mortgage 1107.12 0.82 3.04

29 US Government - Short & In 593.45 0.81 5.98

30 General Bd - Short & Inter 185.43 0.8 5.69

31 General Bd - Investment Gr 32.7 0.8 5.74

32 General Mortgage 75.64 0.79 3.46

33 General Mortgage 96.46 0.79 3.46

34 General Bd - Short & Inter 138.09 0.78 5.78

35 General Bd - Short & Inter 35.12 0.76 5.72

36 General Bd - Short & Inter 170.61 0.75 5.5

37 US Government - Short & In 119.02 0.74 5.64

38 General Mortgage 94.17 0.73 5.4

39 General Bd - Short & Inter 28.62 0.71 5.5

40 General Bd - Short & Inter 28.45 0.69 5.45

41 US Government/Agency 150.84 0.68 6.21

42 General Bd - Investment Gr 25.29 0.68 4.79

43 General Mortgage 130.4 0.67 3.24

44 General Mortgage 41.67 0.67 4.92

45 General Bd - Investment Gr 139.23 0.66 5.41

46 US Government/Agency 44.74 0.62 5.95

47 US Government/Agency 288.3 0.61 5.51

48 General Mortgage 143.33 0.61 6.11

49 General Mortgage 35.01 0.61 5.59

50 US Government/Agency 87.6 0.59 5.57

Ave $221.89 1.13 3.88

Ave 207.95 -0.24 5.21

Ave 117.88 -0.33 5.13

Non 322.29 0.32 3.16

Leh -1.2 6.56

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Latest Latest Latest

Rank Investment Objective 3 Years*5 Years*10 Years*

1 Corporate - High Yield 8.87

2 General Bd - Investment G 11.5

3 Corporate - High Yield

4 General Bd - Investment G 5.28 5.41

5 General Bd - Investment G 6.65 6.44

6 Corporate - High Yield 9.38 10.05

7 Corporate - High Yield 6.82 3.62 6.19

8 General Bd - Investment G 5.84 5.63

9 General Mortgage 5.73 5.06

10 General Bd - Investment G 8.15 8.19 9.7

11 General Bd - Investment G 6.43

12 General Bd - Investment G 6.06 6.03

13 US Government - Short & I 6.29 6.17

14 Corporate - High Yield

15 General Bd - Short & Inte 6.03 5.53

16 General Bd - Investment G 6.63 6.63

17 Corporate - High Yield

18 Corporate - High Yield

19 General Bd - Short & Inte 6.14 6.17

20 General Bd - Short & Inte 6.37 6.17

21 General Bd - Investment G 6.13

22 General Bd - Investment G 5.86

23 General Bd - Short & Inte 5.88 5.95

24 General Bd - Investment G 5.94 5.84

25 US Government/Agency

26 Corporate - Investment Gr 5.95 6.55 8.72

27 General Bd - Short & Inte 6.12 5.95

28 General Mortgage 6.15 6.46 7.83

29 US Government - Short & I 6.11 6.06

30 General Bd - Short & Inte 5.86

31 General Bd - Investment G 5.71 5.14

32 General Mortgage 6.86 7.34 7.85

33 General Mortgage 6.86 7.34

34 General Bd - Short & Inte 5.86 5.75 6.9

35 General Bd - Short & Inte 5.66 5.59

36 General Bd - Short & Inte 5.77 5.66

37 US Government - Short & I 5.76 5.53

38 General Mortgage 7.01 6.94 8.41

39 General Bd - Short & Inte 5.58 5.49 6.76

40 General Bd - Short & Inte 5.44 5.38

41 US Government/Agency 6.86 6.92

42 General Bd - Investment G 6.55 5.98

43 General Mortgage 4.55 3.58

44 General Mortgage 6.48 6.4

45 General Bd - Investment G 5.82 5.74

46 US Government/Agency 6.67 6.7

47 US Government/Agency 6.93 6.83

48 General Mortgage 6.15

49 General Mortgage 7.29 5.89

50 US Government/Agency 7.2

Ave 6.47 6.11 7.79

Ave 6.58 6.41 7.77

Ave 6.39 6.25 7.55

Non 6.85 6.83 8.34

Leh 7.75 7.73 9.08 ===

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