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*Source: Morningstar Direct as of 11/20/17. “High Yield Bonds” = Markit iBoxx Liquid High Yield TR USD. “Emerging Market Bonds” = JPM EMBI Global Core TR USD. “Investment Grade Bonds” = BBg Barclays US Agg Bond TR USD. Rising rate periods are calculated by sorting through the daily 10-year treasury rates from 12/21/2010 and counting any period shorter than 60 days with at least a 40bp increase in the 10-year treasury from the start of the period to the end of the period. Overlapping periods are eliminated by choosing the period with the highest rate increase. Index returns are for illustrative purposes only. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results. This information should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice regarding the funds or any security in particular.

**Based on $6.288 trillion in AUM as of 12/31/17.

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