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Today's Asset Class Leaders

Top Asset Classes	1 Day Avg
Growth Funds	0.71%
Core Funds	0.71%
Value Funds	0.65%
Pacific Ex Japan Funds	0.61%
Convertible Sec Funds	0.52%

Bottom Asset Classes	1 Day Avg
Corp Debt BBB Rated Fds	-0.31%
Corp Debt BBB Leveraged	-0.29%
Global Income Funds **	-0.18%
General Bond Funds **	-0.15%
Gen & Ins Leveraged **	-0.03%

Average Asset Class performance at NAV as of 5/17/2013
** New Fund(s) within last six months, based on inception date of fund.

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Industry News

05.14 Eaton Vance Closed-End Equity Option Funds Declare Monthly Distributions
05.14 Liberty ALL-STAR Equity Fund Declares Distribution
05.14 Liberty ALL-STAR Growth Fund, Inc. Declares Distribution
05.09 Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund Declares its Quarterly Distribution of $0.35 Per Share
05.09 First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund Declares its Quarterly Distribution of $0.165 Per Share
05.09 Duff & Phelps Closed-End Funds Announce Dividends
05.08 Certain DWS Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Distributions
05.06 Tortoise Capital Advisors Announces Distribution Dates and Amounts for Closed-End Funds
05.03 Prudential Investments Closed-End Funds Update Portfolio Management Team
05.03 Pioneer Investments Declares Monthly Distributions for Closed-End Funds
05.02 Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Partial Redemption of Auction Rate Preferred Shares
05.01 Nuveen Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Distributions
05.01 John Hancock Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Distributions
05.01 Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
05.01 Guggenheim Investments Announces May 2013 Closed-End Fund Distributions
05.01 Eaton Vance Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds Fund Data Now Available
05.01 Invesco Closed-End Funds Declare Dividends
04.30 MFS Releases Closed-End Fund Income Distribution Sources for Certain Funds
04.30 Calamos Closed-End Funds (NASDAQ: CHI, CHY, CSQ, CGO and CHW) Announce Monthly Distributions for May 2013
04.29 Invesco Announces Portfolio Management Changes to Certain Closed-End Funds

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Today's Fund Leaders

1 day as of 5/17/2013

Fund Name (Ticker)	NAV Return	NAV Rank
Japan Equity Fund (JEQ)
	2.13%	8
Nuveen Engy MLP Tot ... (JMF)
	1.85%	3
Thai Fund (TTF)
	1.80%	9
Morg Stan China A (CAF)
	1.78%	17
Aberdeen Indonesia (IF)
	1.59%	25
Petroleum & Resource... (PEO)
	1.51%	6
ING Risk Mgd Nat Res (IRR)
	1.37%	9
BlackRock Energy & R... (BGR)
	1.37%	12
Zweig Fund (ZF)
	1.32%	6
Canadian Wrld Fund L... (T.CWF)
	1.23%	16

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