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First Investors Tax Exempt VA A (FIVAX)On Dec 8: 13.00  Up 0.03 (0.23%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Below average
Year to Date Return:8.97%
5-Year Average Return:3.40%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):3.95%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-0.72%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):3.02%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):1.93%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:8.74%
3-Year:2.65%
5-Year:2.85%
10-Year:4.43%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnFIVAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date8.9710.18-1.2111.61-2.64
1-Month-2.27-1.87-0.4-2.10-0.17
3-Month2.462.320.143.15-0.69
1-Year12.0111.230.7813.60-1.59
3-Year3.723.240.484.17-0.45
5-Year3.403.050.354.15-0.75
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)8.567.930.639.40-0.84
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)5.944.521.425.670.27
* Index means [ BarCap Municipal TR USD ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearFIVAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-0.72-2.812.09
2007
 
2.622.050.57
2006
 
3.953.770.18
2005
 
2.332.080.25
2004
 
2.782.88-0.10
2003
 
4.624.030.59
2002
 
10.148.122.02
2001
 
3.244.37-1.13
2000
 
11.029.621.40
1999
 
-2.61-2.660.05
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR FIVAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
20092.792.006.34N/A
2008-0.951.02-4.113.47
20070.56-0.761.451.35
20060.25-0.292.921.04
2005-0.252.36-0.480.71
20041.00-2.553.361.04
20030.853.22-0.450.95
20021.203.915.10-0.34
20010.870.562.84-1.02
20002.671.292.234.43
1999N/AN/AN/A-0.18
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date14925757.98
1-Month21325782.88
3-Month9725737.74
6-Month10725741.63
1-Year6525625.39
3-Year6124724.70
5-Year4323718.14

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