| Investment Objective: |
The Fund invests primarily in U.S. dollar denominated fixed income securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments. Fixed income instruments include, but are not limited to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, or instrumentalities corporate debt securities municipal debt securities U.S. dollar-denominated debt of foreign issuers and securitized debt including mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, which may also include non-agency mortgage-backed securities. These securities may have different types of interest rate payment and reset terms. The Fund will not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any individual issuer, excluding debt issued or guaranteed, either implicitly or explicitly, by the U.S. Government or its agencies. |