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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	653
Total Net Assets (mil)*	$221,286.8

*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 2/3/2012
Classification	Class Code	Lipper Average (Market)	Number of Funds	Total Net Assets (mil)*
CA Muni Debt Funds	CAG	29.29%	27	$6,410.4
Convertible Sec Funds	CV	-0.46%	11	$4,327.0
Core Funds †	CE	1.57%	31	$10,846.0
Corp Debt BBB Rated Fds	BBB	8.61%	27	$12,218.9
Developed Market Funds	DM	-8.46%	13	$2,263.1
Emerging Markets Funds	EM	-7.39%	20	$5,435.5
Emerging Mkts Debt Funds	EMD	10.16%	9	$4,256.9
Flexible Income Funds	FLX	3.28%	5	$2,903.0
Gen & Ins Leveraged	GML	27.22%	83	$34,886.5
Gen & Ins Unleveraged	GIM	14.98%	8	$1,464.4
General Bond Funds †	GB	10.90%	18	$5,241.0
Global Funds	GL	-0.51%	26	$7,272.5
Global Income Funds	GLI	7.39%	13	$6,015.7
Growth Funds	GE	5.79%	4	$154.7
Hi Yld Muni Debt Funds	HM	21.26%	14	$3,286.3
High Yield Fds Leveraged	HYL	6.36%	42	$11,233.9
High Yield Funds	HY	2.14%	7	$2,047.8
Income & Pref Stock Fds	PS	8.28%	23	$13,532.1
Intmdt Muni Debt Funds	IMD	18.07%	7	$1,360.8
Loan Participation Funds	LP	2.62%	31	$9,941.9
MI Muni Debt Funds	MI	24.26%	7	$838.3
NJ Muni Debt Funds	NJ	25.24%	14	$1,757.9
NY Muni Debt Funds	NY	22.41%	23	$3,197.8
Opt Arbitrage/Opt Strat	OS	2.52%	33	$20,167.4
Other States Muni Debt	OTH	21.82%	45	$2,912.4
PA Muni Debt Funds	PA	23.72%	10	$1,251.8
Pacific Ex Japan Funds	XJ	-5.11%	13	$2,889.3
Real Estate Funds †	RE	6.36%	11	$4,684.4
Sector Equity Funds †	SE	7.25%	48	$29,584.6
Single State Insured Muni-Debt	SSIM	22.05%	13	$2,223.6
US Mortgage Funds	USM	4.17%	11	$1,720.7
Value Funds	VE	7.41%	6	$4,960.2

† 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 Debt Funds (Leveraged)
...General & Insured Muni Fds (Unleveraged)
...High Yield Municipal Debt Funds
...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