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First Investors Tax Exempt CA A (FICAX)On Dec 24: 12.12   0.00 (0.00%)  
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Performance  As of 30-Nov-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Average
Year to Date Return:12.97%
5-Year Average Return:3.90%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2004):4.16%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-3.46%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):3.65%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):1.03%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:8.97%
3-Year:2.70%
5-Year:3.03%
10-Year:4.93%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnFICAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date12.9716.56-3.5912.530.44
1-Month0.67-0.070.740.83-0.16
3-Month2.433.01-0.582.250.18
1-Year14.4015.24-0.8414.170.23
3-Year3.651.272.384.17-0.52
5-Year3.902.910.994.50-0.6
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)9.5713.07-3.59.400.17
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)5.320.674.655.67-0.35
* Index means [ BarCap Municipal TR USD ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearFICAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-3.46-11.057.59
2007
 
2.560.711.85
2006
 
4.164.58-0.42
2005
 
2.623.93-1.31
2004
 
4.164.37-0.21
2003
 
4.454.270.18
2002
 
10.548.032.51
2001
 
3.823.84-0.02
2000
 
13.0912.790.30
1999
 
-2.86-4.601.74
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR FICAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
20094.602.517.26N/A
2008-1.090.83-3.710.53
20070.39-0.611.751.03
20060.29-0.223.130.92
2005-0.572.93-0.400.68
20041.17-2.494.331.21
20031.053.05-0.841.16
20020.834.036.65-1.19
20011.67-0.514.00-1.30
20003.211.762.944.60
1999N/AN/AN/A-0.15
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date11816969.82
1-Month131697.69
3-Month3516920.71
6-Month11116965.68
1-Year6716839.88
3-Year11580.63
5-Year81465.48

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