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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	635
Total Net Assets (mil)*	$296,492.4

*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 12/8/2021
Classification	Class Code	Lipper Average (Market)	Number of Funds	Total Net Assets (mil)*
CA Muni Debt Funds	CAG	2.96%	15	$7,568.2
Convertible Sec Funds	CV	10.55%	13	$6,862.4
Corp Debt BBB Leveraged	BBBL	4.12%	9	$4,444.9
Corp Debt BBB Rated Fds	BBB	0.37%	6	$1,410.4
Developed Market Funds	DM	12.07%	13	$2,650.5
Diversified Equity Fds	DEF	24.40%	27	$25,830.0
Emerging Markets Funds	EM	8.48%	15	$4,567.2
Emg Mkts HC Debt Funds	EMD	-0.92%	7	$2,105.8
Energy MLP Funds	EMP	37.27%	17	$5,301.9
Gen & Ins Leveraged	GML	5.38%	59	$44,853.7
Gen & Ins Unleveraged	GIM	3.70%	6	$1,331.9
General Bond Funds **	GB	8.30%	70	$19,267.2
Global Funds **	GL	14.98%	30	$11,998.5
Global Income Funds **	GLI	6.42%	19	$10,656.8
Hi Yld Muni Debt Funds **	HM	7.67%	16	$5,708.2
High Yield Fds Leveraged	HYL	7.61%	38	$19,595.2
High Yield Funds **	HY	8.41%	11	$1,822.6
Income & Pref Stock Fds **	PS	10.80%	40	$20,358.4
Intmdt Muni Debt Funds	IMD	3.61%	3	$950.1
Loan Participation Funds **	LP	9.25%	59	$17,624.9
Natural Resources Funds	NR	30.03%	9	$2,461.2
NJ Muni Debt Funds	NJ	4.14%	3	$1,549.2
NY Muni Debt Funds	NY	4.14%	13	$4,314.3
Opt Arbitrage/Opt Strat **	OS	18.42%	31	$25,696.1
Oth States Muni Debt Fds	OTH	3.33%	11	$1,921.2
PA Muni Debt Funds	PA	5.02%	3	$1,160.7
Real Estate Funds **	RE	21.11%	43	$18,506.9
Sector Equity Funds	SE	15.43%	28	$24,786.7
US Mortgage Funds	USM	6.56%	10	$1,348.6
Utility Funds	UT	13.88%	11	$10,134.5

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ALL CLASSIFICATIONS
GENERAL EQUITY
...Convertible Securities Funds
...Developed Market Funds
...Diversified Equity Funds
...Energy MLP Funds
...Income & Preferred Stock Funds **
...Natural Resources Funds
...Options Arbitrage/Opt Strat Fds **
...Real Estate Funds **
...Sector Equity Funds
...Utility Funds
GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL EQUITY
...Emerging Markets Funds
...Global Funds **
FIXED INCOME - TAXABLE
...Corporate BBB-Rated Debt Funds(Leveraged)
...Corporate Debt Funds BBB-Rated
...Emerging Mrkts Hard Currency Debt Funds
...General Bond Funds **
...Global Income Funds **
...High Yield Funds (Leveraged)
...High Yield Funds **
...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
...New Jersey Municipal Debt Funds
...New York Municipal Debt Funds
...Other States Municipal Debt Funds
...Pennsylvania Municipal Debt Funds