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MFS Bond A (MFBFX)On Dec 4: 12.68  Down 0.03 (0.24%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Average
Year to Date Return:26.77%
5-Year Average Return:4.87%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2004):6.07%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-9.98%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):4.22%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-0.75%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:13.91%
3-Year:4.11%
5-Year:3.76%
10-Year:5.75%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnMFBFXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date26.7713.5413.236.2420.53
1-Month1.500.890.610.491.01
3-Month6.634.142.492.604.03
1-Year30.7017.8612.8413.7916.91
3-Year6.084.541.546.35-0.27
5-Year4.873.851.025.05-0.18
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)24.3513.8110.547.0617.29
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)10.526.494.037.942.58
* Index means [ BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearMFBFXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-9.98-4.70-5.28
2007
 
3.514.70-1.19
2006
 
4.934.150.78
2005
 
1.711.80-0.09
2004
 
6.073.912.16
2003
 
9.465.104.36
2002
 
8.648.040.60
2001
 
7.787.640.14
2000
 
8.789.44-0.66
1999
 
-1.97-1.35-0.62
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR MFBFX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
20091.8911.3010.13N/A
2008-0.35-0.52-5.18-4.24
20071.65-0.661.421.06
2006-0.42-0.504.001.82
2005-1.012.84-0.620.54
20043.04-2.654.001.68
20032.655.030.241.29
2002-0.592.183.922.92
20013.240.123.640.61
20002.220.402.313.60
1999N/AN/AN/A-0.05
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date5611224.99
1-Month174116414.95
3-Month9211547.97
6-Month6711335.91
1-Year5011134.49
3-Year25195726.23
5-Year19284522.72

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