MFS Bond A
500 Boylston St 15 Th Fl Boston MA 02116
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Phone: 800-225-2606
| Category: | Intermediate-Term Bond | | Fund Family: | MFS | | Net Assets: | 744.09M | | Year-to-Date Return: | 24.89% | | Yield: | 5.30% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 08-May-74 |
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Richard O. Hawkins
Lead Manager since
30-Oct-05 | | | Hawkins has been a senior vice president with Massachusetts Financial Services since 1993. He joined the company in 1988 and has been a portfolio manager of the portfolio since October 2005. Previously, Hawkins spent two years as a bond analyst with Fidelity Investments, and five years as an international lending officer with Manufacturers' Hanover Trust Company. Hawkins holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $1,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $250 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $0 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $50 |
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| The investment seeks total return with an emphasis on current income; capital appreciation is secondary. The fund normally invests at least 80% of the fund's net assets in debt instruments. It may invest in grade debt instruments, lower quality debt instruments, foreign securities, mortgage dollar rolls, and derivatives. |
| Last Dividend
(30-Sep-09):
| 0.06 | | Last Cap Gain
(2-Dec-98):
| 0.04 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 44.00% | | Average for Category:
| 217.63% |
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| Expense | MFBFX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 0.92%
| 0.96% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 0.25%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | 4.75%
| 4.18% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | %
| 2.66% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 754 | $459 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 960 | $706 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 1,553 | $1,423 |
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