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Principal Government & High Quality Bond Fund

Scorecard
Morningstar 3 / 5 Stars
Lipper 3 3 5 3 3
Zacks Investment Research 2 (Buy)
Standard & Poor's 4 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com C (Hold)

Risk

Volatility Measurements

Updated 04.30.2013

Standard Deviation	1.66
Mean	0.38
Sharpe Ratio	2.71
Bear Market Decile Rank	67

Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics

Updated 04.30.2013

	Standard Index Barclays US Agg Bond TR USD	Best Fit Index Morningstar Core Bond MCBI TR
R-Squared	82.24	84.67
Beta	0.62	0.61
Alpha	1.19	1.15

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