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Barron's "Best Mutual-Fund Families" -- 2/1/2010: Barron's and Lipper survey fund groups annually to rank overall performance. Overall rankings are based on asset-weighted returns in five categories with each weighted differently: 41.42% for U.S. equity, 14.49% world equity, 16.27% mixed equity, 23.16% taxable bonds, and 4.66% tax-exempt bonds. To qualify for the survey, a fund group must have at least three funds in Lipper's general U.S.-stock category and one in world equity, which combines global and international funds; one mixed-equity fund, which holds stocks and bonds; two taxable-bond funds, and one tax-exempt offering. Fund returns include reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect sales charges and 12b-1 fees. Lipper measures each fund's return against all funds in its Lipper category. That leads to a percentile ranking (100 being highest; 1 lowest) which is then weighted by asset size, relative to the group's other assets in its general classification. If a fund family's largest funds do well, its overall ranking increases; poor performance decreases the ranking. Finally, the score is multiplied by the weighting of its general classification, as determined by the entire Lipper universe of funds.

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Some of the funds have experienced negative performance for one-, three-, five-, or 10-year time periods. For complete performance information, call 800.877.FUND or visit firstamericanfunds.com.

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