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Lipper
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Zacks Investment Research
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Standard & Poor's
1 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
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U.S. News evaluated 59 Nontraditional Bond Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.
Performance
| Trailing Returns | Updated 05.31.2013 |
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| Year to date | 1.9% |
| 1 Year | N/A |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
Summary
The investment seeks to provide current income and capital growth. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of debt securities including corporate bonds and debentures (including high yield-bonds commonly known as "junk bonds"), bank loans, convertible and preferred securities that the fund's investment adviser believes have debt-like characteristics, credit default swaps and other debt instruments and derivatives that the fund's investment adviser believes have debt-like characteristics. It invests in both domestic and foreign debt securities.
