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Lipper Classification Averages

The Lipper Average is the average performance at Market of all funds within a Lipper fund classification for any time period specified. Classifications with new funds within the last 6 months are marked with a †.

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Lipper Classification Summary
Statistic	Value
Total Number of Funds	656
Total Net Assets (mil)*	$200,683.8

*The amount of assets in a fund at the end of a day or a designated period after deductions of all operating costs.

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Lipper Classification Average for 1 Year as of 9/2/2010
Classification	Class Code	Lipper Average (Market)	Number of Funds	Total Net Assets (mil)*
CA Muni Debt Funds	CAG	16.04%	25	$5,114.2
Convertible Sec Funds	CV	20.17%	11	$4,257.5
Core Funds	CE	13.77%	33	$10,374.2
Corp Debt BBB Rated Fds	BBB	18.88%	28	$12,175.3
Developed Market Funds	DM	10.30%	15	$2,376.7
Emerging Markets Funds	EM	27.64%	19	$6,248.6
Emerging Mkts Debt Funds	EMD	21.69%	8	$3,948.5
Flexible Income Funds	FLX	14.91%	6	$3,383.9
Gen & Ins Unleveraged	GIM	7.10%	8	$1,443.5
General Bond Funds †	GB	22.80%	15	$3,833.3
General Muni Leveraged †	GML	17.19%	64	$26,242.6
Global Funds	GL	9.01%	21	$6,692.7
Global Income Funds	GLI	21.09%	15	$5,919.8
Growth Funds	GE	11.46%	5	$419.5
Hi Yld Muni Debt Funds	HM	21.83%	15	$3,376.6
High Yield Fds Leveraged	HYL	28.01%	37	$9,209.0
High Yield Funds	HY	24.50%	7	$1,085.2
Income & Pref Stock Fds	PS	25.47%	24	$12,466.6
Insured Muni Leveraged	MIL	13.69%	20	$7,973.7
Intmdt Muni Debt Funds	IMD	14.81%	7	$1,315.3
Loan Participation Funds †	LP	15.84%	41	$11,270.3
MI Muni Debt Funds	MI	12.54%	5	$374.9
NJ Muni Debt Funds	NJ	14.96%	12	$1,258.2
NY Muni Debt Funds	NY	14.26%	20	$2,047.5
Opt Arbitrage/Opt Strat	OS	11.87%	32	$19,978.1
Other States Muni Debt	OTH	13.83%	46	$2,875.3
PA Muni Debt Funds	PA	14.83%	9	$1,048.1
Pacific Ex Japan Funds	XJ	26.87%	14	$3,239.5
Real Estate Funds	RE	41.29%	16	$2,968.3
Sector Equity Funds †	SE	19.96%	38	$16,357.3
Single State Insured Muni-Debt	SSIM	12.77%	24	$5,466.6
US Mortgage Funds	USM	17.44%	11	$1,771.6
Value Funds	VE	21.59%	5	$4,171.4

† New Fund(s) within last six months, based on inception date of fund.

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GENERAL EQUITY
...Convertible Securities Funds
...Core Funds
...Developed Market Funds
...Growth Funds
...Income & Preferred Stock Funds
...Options Arbitrage/Opt Strategies Funds
...Real Estate Funds
...Sector Equity Funds †
...Value Funds
GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL EQUITY
...Emerging Markets Funds
...Global Funds
...Pacific Ex Japan Funds
FIXED INCOME - TAXABLE
...Corporate Debt Funds BBB-Rated
...Emerging Markets Debt Funds
...Flexible Income Funds
...General Bond Funds †
...Global Income Funds
...High Current Yield Funds
...High Current Yield Funds (Leveraged)
...Loan Participation Funds †
...U.S. Mortgage Funds
FIXED INCOME - TAX-EXEMPT
...California Municipal Debt Funds
...General & Insured Muni Fds (Unleveraged)
...General Muni Debt Funds (Leveraged) †
...High Yield Municipal Debt Funds
...Insured Muni Debt Funds (Leveraged)
...Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds
...Michigan Municipal Debt Funds
...New Jersey Municipal Debt Funds
...New York Municipal Debt Funds
...Other States Municipal Debt Funds
...Pennsylvania Municipal Debt Funds
...Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Fds