Top five and bottom five bond funds and hybrid funds in 2000
Muni Single State Intermediate
American Century Target Mat 2025 Inv 33.40%
American Century Target Mat 2020 Inv 30.90%
American Century Target Mat 2015 Inv 26.41%
Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury 22.07%
American Century Target Mat 2010 Inv 21.88%
Pauze U.S. Govt Total Ret Bond NoLoad 6.74%
Dreyfus Premier GNMA A 9.52%
STI Classic U.S. Government Secs Inv 9.92%
PaineWebber Pace Govt Secs Fix-Inc P 10.48%
Smith Barney Government Securities B 10.67%
Maxus Income Inv 14.81%
Nationwide Long-Term U.S. Govt Bond D 14.29%
Vanguard Admiral Interm-Term Treasury 13.69%
Vanguard Interm-Term U.S. Treas 13.54%
DFA Intermediate Govt Fixed-Income 13.13%
Rydex Juno -13.74%
Country Short-Term Government Bond 7.08%
STI Classic Limited-Term Federal Inv 7.61%
Flex-funds U.S. Government Bond 7.88%
MSDW North American Government Inc 7.89%
Merrill Lynch U.S. Govt Mortgage D 10.34%
Alliance Mortgage Securities Income A 10.25%
Scudder GNMA AARP 10.04%
One Group Treasury & Agency Bond I 10.02%
RSI Retirement Trust Interm-Term Bond 9.68%
Merrill Lynch Short Term U.S. Govt B 4.57%
GW & K Government Securities 4.78%
Cornerstone U.S. Govt Strategic Inc 5.14%
American Century Target Mat 2000 Inv 5.22%
AAL U.S. Govt Zero Coupon Series 2001 5.58%
Lebenthal Taxable Municipal Bond 16.50%
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index 16.50%
Consulting Group Long-Term Bond 15.84%
ISI North American Government Bond 14.07%
GMO Inflation Indexed Bond III 13.13%
Ivy Bond A 1.60%
Croft-Leominster Income 1.95%
Loomis Sayles Fixed Income 2.86%
Loomis Sayles Bond Instl 3.22%
Vanguard Preferred Stock 4.75%
GMO Domestic Bond III 14.05%
Frontegra Total Return Bond 13.16%
TCW Galileo Total Ret Mortgage Back I 12.97%
Western Asset Core 12.65%
Harris Insight Bond Instl 12.35%
Fidelity Advisor High Income Instl -6.06%
Standish World High Yield 2.06%
WM Conservative Balanced B 2.14%
GMO Global Bond III 2.29%
Wells Fargo Income Plus A 2.35%
PIMCO Real Return Bond A 12.70%
Advantus Mortgage Securities Income A 12.27%
PIMCO GNMA Instl 11.27%
Accessor Mortgage Securities Adv 10.74%
BlackRock Interm Bond Instl 10.66%
Heartland Taxable Short Duration Muni -5.33%
MSDW Strategic Adviser Conservative A 2.37%
Frank Russell Short Term Bond E 3.75%
Armada Limited Maturity Bond I 3.78%
Morley Enhanced Income Instl Svc 4.73%
Monterey PIA Short Term Govt Secs 7.99%
One Group Ultra Short-Term Bond I 7.38%
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate A 7.26%
Trust for Credit Unions Govt Secs 7.07%
Evergreen Select Adj Rate Instl 7.02%
Van Kampen Senior Floating Rate -0.89%
Van Kampen Prime Rate Income -0.17%
EV Classic Senior Floating-Rate 3.83%
CypressTree Senior Floating Rate 3.89%
Eaton Vance Prime Rate Reserves 3.98%
Pioneer High Yield A 12.55%
MFS High-Quality Bond A 10.49%
AFBA Five Star High Yield 6.82%
Strong Short-Term High Yield Bond Inv 4.85%
CMC High Yield 4.44%
PaineWebber High-Income A -30.81%
MSDW High-Yield Securities D -28.24%
Pilgrim High Total Return A -26.12%
Dreyfus Premier High-Yield Secs A -23.98%
AIM High-Yield A -23.84%
MDL Broad Market Fixed Income 11.51%
Delaware Pooled Diversified Core F/I 11.27%
Firstar Strategic Income Ret B 11.23%
Frank Russell Diversified Bond C 8.74%
Frank Russell Multistrategy Bond S 8.34%
MSDW Diversified Income B -9.08%
Kemper Strategic Income A -5.81%
PaineWebber Strategic Income B -5.72%
AIM Strategic Income A -4.76%
State Street Research Strat Income A -4.07%
Alliance North American Govt Income A 18.09%
GMO Currency Hedged Intl Bond III 11.72%
FFTW Worldwide-Hedged 9.98%
Payden & Rygel Global Fixed-Income R 9.52%
Standish Global Fixed-Income 9.07%
Franklin Templeton Hard Currency A -8.34%
MainStay International Bond B -7.98%
Federated International Bond A -7.44%
Franklin Templeton Global Currency A -7.42%
Lazard International Fixed-Inc Instl -7.07%
SAFECO Insured Municipal Bond 16.57%
Excelsior Long-Term Tax-Exempt 16.16%
Smith Barney Managed Municipals A 14.85%
Eaton Vance Municipal Bond I 14.63%
Schwab Long-Term Tax-Free Bond 14.45%
Cornerstone High-Yield Muni -27.14%
Strong High-Yield Municipal Bond Inv -1.24%
Prudential Municipal Bond High-Inc B 3.27%
Van Kampen Tax-Free High-Income A 3.30%
AIM High Income Municipal Bond A 3.35%
Old Westbury Municipal Bond 11.81%
Seligman Municipal National A 11.50%
Mason Street Municipal Bond A 11.39%
Franklin Insured Tax-Free Income A 11.25%
Fidelity Spartan Municipal Income 11.23%
Heartland High-Yield Municipal Bond -63.62%
Strong Municipal Bond Inv 2.99%
Putnam Tax-Free High Yield B 4.03%
Van Kampen High-Yield Municipal A 4.51%
Van Kampen Interm-Term Muni A 5.99%
Delaware Tax-Free NJ A 15.28%
Seligman Municipal MO A 14.19%
Eaton Vance FL Insured Municipals B 13.53%
Lord Abbett GA Tax-Free Income A 13.47%
Eaton Vance RI Municipals B 13.22%
Merrill Lynch NM Municipal Bond A 6.44%
Evergreen FL High-Income Muni Bond A 6.47%
Oppenheimer PA Municipal A 6.72%
Heartland WI Tax-Free 7.57%
Ocean State Tax-Exempt 7.61%
Seligman Municipal MA A 14.20%
Seligman Municipal SC A 13.81%
Seligman Municipal FL A 13.77%
Seligman Municipal GA A 12.80%
Seligman Municipal OH A 12.71%
Jamestown Tax-Exempt VA 5.28%
Kansas Insured Intermediate 5.53%
AmSouth Ltd-Term TN Tax-Exempt A 5.67%
Thornburg NM Intermediate Municipal A 6.19%
Eaton Vance OH Ltd Maturity Munis B 6.19%
BB&T SC Intermediate Tax-Free Tr 8.90%
Bernstein CA Municipal 8.09%
Bernstein NY Municipal 7.75%
Evergreen High Income Municipal Bd B 7.48%
Limited Term NY Municipal A 7.35%
Heartland Short Duration Hi-Yld Muni -43.16%
Strong Municipal Advantage Inv 3.73%
Merrill Lynch CA Ltd Maturity Muni A 4.08%
Strong Short-Term Hi-Yld Muni Bd Inv 4.14%
Federated Limited Term Municipal A 4.18%
Seligman Municipal NY A 14.17%
USAA NY Bond 13.99%
Eaton Vance NY Municipals B 13.95%
Sentinel NY Tax-Free Income A 13.53%
Liberty NY Tax-Exempt A 13.37%
Cornerstone New York Muni -0.19%
PIMCO NY Municipal Instl 9.68%
Federated NY Municipal Income A 9.89%
Franklin NY Insured Tax-Free Inc A 10.01%
State Street Research NY Tax-Free S 10.29%
SAFECO CA Tax-Free Income 18.28%
Dreyfus CA Tax-Exempt Bond 14.79%
Smith Barney CA Municipals A 14.62%
Liberty CA Tax-Exempt A 14.56%
Schwab CA Long-Term Tax-Free Bond 14.51%
Cornerstone California Muni 4.70%
Nuveen CA Municipal Bond R 9.09%
John Hancock CA Tax-Free Income A 10.57%
Eaton Vance CA Ltd Maturity Munis B 10.65%
Franklin CA High Yield Municipal A 10.78%
GMO Emerging Country Debt III 23.07%
Deutsche Emerging Markets Debt Instl 17.37%
J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Debt 16.44%
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond 13.70%
Alliance Global Dollar Government A 12.54%
Summit Emerging Markets Bond -8.55%
Van Kampen Worldwide High-Inc A -4.97%
Phoenix-Goodwin Emerging Markets Bd A -0.47%
Merrill Lynch Emerging Markets Debt B 4.69%
Offitbank Emerging Markets Sel 6.02%
Empire Builder Tax-Free Bond Bldr 12.77%
Nuveen NY Insured Municipal Bond R 10.69%
AXP NY Tax-Exempt A 10.59%
Franklin NY Tax-Free Income A 10.16%
HSBC Investor NY Tax-Free Bond A 10.03%
BNY Hamilton Intermediate NY T/E Inv 7.61%
Thornburg NY Intermediate Municipal 8.00%
Warburg Pincus NY Interm Muni Comm 8.46%
J.P. Morgan Instl NY Tax Exempt Bond 8.93%
SEI Tax-Exempt NY Municipal Bond 9.06%
Seligman Municipal CA Quality A 15.32%
Seligman Municipal CA High-Yield A 14.83%
Parnassus Income CA Tax-Exempt 11.02%
Tax-Exempt Fund of CA 10.78%
Chase Vista CA Intermediate Tax-Free 10.59%
Loomis Sayles CA Tax-Free Income 6.37%
California Investment CA Ins Interm 8.08%
HighMark CA Interm Tax-Fr Bond Fid 8.29%
Fremont CA Intermediate Tax-Free 8.33%
Smith Barney Interm Maturity CA A 8.63%
Bruce 39.95%
Smith Barney Security & Growth 36.08%
O'Higgins 32.01%
Prudent Bear 27.37%
Caldwell & Orkin Market Opportunity 24.10%
American Growth D -37.02%
AXA Rosenberg Double Alpha Mkt Instl -27.38%
Markman Moderate Allocation -24.44%
Provident Inv Couns Balanced A -20.07%
Markman Conservative Allocation -15.61%
Victory Convertible Securities 12.80%
Franklin Convertible Securities A 12.79%
Nations Convertible Securities Inv A 12.57%
Fidelity Convertible Securities 6.27%
Smith Barney Convertible B 5.57%
Gabelli Global Convertible Securities -14.87%
Ariston Convertible Securities -13.20%
Monterey Murphy New World Tech Conv -12.87%
Pilgrim Convertible A -9.54%
Putnam Convertible Income-Growth A -9.15%
*Data as of Dec. 15
Source: Morningstar