Bond

(TIORX)

The fund seeks as favorable a long-term total return through income as is consistent with preserving capital, primarily from investment-grade fixed-income securities.

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Net asset value as of 11/06/2009: $10.36
Total return year-to-date as of 11/06/2009: 6.44%
Fund's net invested assets as of 09/30/2009: $2.29 billion
Gross Expense Ratio: 0.63%
Net Expense Ratio*: 0.63%
Inception date: 03/31/2006
Investment class: Fixed Income

As of 11/05/2009: 30-day SEC Yield¤ 2.96%

Performance Comparison
	Performance Data as of 11/06/2009			Average Annual Total Returns as of 10/31/2009
	Net Asset Value	Net Change	YTD Return	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year	10 Year	Since Inception
Bond**	$10.36	+0.20%	6.44%	13.07%	5.41%	4.41%	6.03%	5.93%
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index^†	--	+0.15%	6.06%	13.79%	6.35%	5.05%	6.31%	6.22%

The performance data quoted represents past performance, and is no guarantee of future results. Your returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted above.

**	The fund's Institutional Class began operations on July 1, 1999. Performance shown prior to the inception of the Retail Class is based on the performance of the fund's Institutional Class. Performance has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Retail Class. If the expense differential had been reflected, performance for these periods would have been lower.
¤	The fund's 30-day SEC yield is based on yield to maturity of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividends paid by the fund, which may differ.
†	The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index measures the performance of the U.S. investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, including government and credit securities, agency mortgage pass-through securities, asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in this index.

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