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First Investors Blue Chip A (FIBCX)On Dec 4: 19.53  Up 0.08 (0.41%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Below average
Year to Date Return:13.02%
5-Year Average Return:0.03%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):13.79%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-32.53%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):7.90%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-7.30%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:-13.63%
3-Year:-7.21%
5-Year:-0.66%
10-Year:-2.29%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnFIBCXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date13.0218.65-5.6317.05-4.03
1-Month-0.92-2.181.26-1.860.94
3-Month5.345.080.265.48-0.14
1-Year6.9411.86-4.929.80-2.86
3-Year-6.49-6.780.29-7.020.53
5-Year0.030.49-0.460.33-0.3
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)38.4945.26-6.7745.76-7.27
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-17.18-15.99-1.19-18.251.07
* Index means [ S&P 500 TR ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearFIBCXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-32.53-37.795.26
2007
 
3.786.16-2.38
2006
 
13.7914.17-0.38
2005
 
3.675.88-2.21
2004
 
6.4910.02-3.53
2003
 
25.1327.05-1.92
2002
 
-26.18-22.25-3.93
2001
 
-19.32-13.50-5.82
2000
 
-6.04-6.310.27
1999
 
24.7320.164.57
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR FIBCX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-11.0413.1013.38N/A
2008-8.81-3.75-4.33-19.66
2007-0.596.622.05-4.06
20063.84-2.005.346.15
2005-1.720.602.841.97
20040.99-0.36-2.868.94
2003-4.1914.342.3911.55
2002-2.75-13.16-16.704.95
2001-13.255.03-18.148.15
20007.83-4.93-1.08-7.34
1999N/AN/AN/A19.81
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date1711201385.00
1-Month232211011.00
3-Month836209040.00
6-Month1475204971.99
1-Year1384199969.23
3-Year573169433.83
5-Year656135248.52

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