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Today's Asset Class Leaders
Top Asset Classes 1 day
Lipper Avg
General Bond Funds † 0.29%
Corp Debt BBB Rated Fds † 0.24%
Other States Muni Debt 0.14%
General Muni Leveraged † 0.13%
US Mortgage Funds 0.13%
Bottom Asset Classes 1 day
Lipper Avg
Real Estate Funds -3.96%
Core Funds -2.54%
Growth Funds -2.49%
Value Funds -2.41%
Sector Equity Funds -2.38%
Average Asset Class performance at NAV as of 7/2/2009
† New Fund(s) within last six months, based on inception date of fund. 		View All Classes
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Today's Fund Leaders

 1 day as of 7/2/2009
Fund Name
 (Ticker)		 NAV
Return		 NAV
Rank
1.44% 45
1.43% 6
1.16% 10
0.96% 4
0.93% 9
0.81% 25
0.77% 17
0.61% 25
0.59% 5
0.57% 10
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