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How to Read the Mutual Fund Tables

- XQ:

Name: Name of mutual fund and family.

Obj: The fund’s objective group. Abbreviati­ons listed below.

NAV: Net asset value.

Chg: Net change in price of NAV from previous day.

Rtn: The fund’s total return, or percent change in NAV for the time period shown, with dividends reinvested. If period longer than 1 year, return is annualized.

Rank: Fund’s letter grade compared with others in the same objective group; an A indicates fund performed in the top 20 percent; an E, in the bottom 20 percent.

Footnotes: b - Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d - Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f - front load (sales charges). m - Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee. NA - not available. p - previous day´s net asset value. s - fund split shares during the week. x - fund paid a distributi­on during the week.

Fund Objectives: AL: Allocation - 70-85% Equity, AM: Multialter­native, BB: Commoditie­s Broad Basket, BL: Bank Loan, BM: Bear Market, CA: Allocation - 30-50% Equity, CC: Consumer Defense, CD: Consumer Cyclical, CH: China Region, CI: Intermedia­te-Term Bond, CL: Long-Term Bond, CR: Multicurre­ncy, CS: Short-Term Bond, CV: Convertibl­es, DP: Diversifie­d Pacific/Asia, EB: Emerging-Markets Bond, EE: Equity Energy, EI: India Equity, EM: Diversifie­d Emerging Markets, ES: Europe Stock, FA: Foreign Small / MidValue, FB: Foreign Large-Blend, FF: Managed Futures, FG: Foreign Large-Growth, FQ: Foreign Small/ Mid-Blend, FR: Foreign Small/Mid-Growth, FV: Foreign Large-Value, FX: Single Currency, GI: Intermedia­te Government, GL: Long Government, GR: Global Real Estate, GS: Short Government, HM: High-Yield Muni, HY: High-Yield Bond, IB: World Bond, IC: Trading-Inverse Commoditie­s, ID: Industrial­s, IE: Trading-Inverse Equity, IH: World Allocation, IP: Inflation-Protected Bond, IS: Trading-Miscellane­ous, JS: Japan Stock, LB: Large Blend, LC: Trading-Leveraged Commoditie­s, LE: Trading-Leveraged Equity, LG: Large Growth, LO: Long-Short Equity, LP: Energy Limited Partnershi­p, LS: Latin America Stock, LV: Large Value, MA: Allocation - 50-70% Equity, MB: Mid-Cap Blend, MC: Muni California Long, MF: Muni California Intermedia­te, MG: Mid-Cap Growth, MI: Muni National Intermedia­te, MJ: Muni New Jersey, ML: Muni National Long, MN: Muni New York Intermedia­te, MQ: Miscellane­ous Region, MO: Muni Ohio, MP: Muni Pennsylvan­ia, MR: Miscellane­ous Sector, MS: Muni National Short, MT: Muni Massachuse­tts, MU: Multisecto­r Bond, MV: Mid-Cap Value, MY: Muni New York Long, ND: Trading-Inverse Debt, NE: Market Neutral, NT: Nontraditi­onal Bond, PJ: Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stock, RI: Target-Date Retirement, RR: Preferred Stock, SB: Small Blend, SC: Communicat­ions, SF: Financial, SG: Small Growth, SH: Health, SI: Muni Single State Intermedia­te, SL: Muni Single State Long, SM: Muni Minnesota, SN: Natural Resources, SP: Equity Precious Metals, SR: Real Estate, SS: Muni Single State Short, ST: Technology, SU: Utilities, SV: Small Value, TA: Target-Date 2000-2010, TD: Target-Date 2015, TE: Target-Date 2020, TG: Target-Date 2025, TH: Target-Date 2030, TI: Target-Date 2035, TJ: Target-Date 2040, TK: Target-Date 2045, TL: Target-Date 2055, TN: Target-Date 2050, TW: Corporate Bond, TV: Tactical Allocation, UB: Ultrashort Bond, VD: Trading-Leveraged Debt, VL: Stable Value, VO: Volatility, WS: World Stock, XM: Allocation - 85+% Equity, XO: Infrastruc­ture, Target-Date 2060+, XR: Option Writing, XS: Long-Short Credit, XP: Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond, XY: Allocation - 15-30% Equity. Data based on NAVs reported to Morningsta­r by 6 p.m. Eastern. Source: Morningsta­r and The Associated Press

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