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STRONGEST BOND FUNDS

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In this list of bond funds, we have added Canara Robeco Income Fund to our OLM 50 recommendation. Reason? The new fund has seen a turnaround in its performance

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Scheme NameNAV6-mt returns1-yr returns3-yr returns% of corpus in AAA/P+ securities% of corpus in government securitiesAverage Maturity

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Birla Sun Life Income Plus38.7411.4015.0510.4523.4267.9211 yrs, 201 days

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Canara Robeco Income17.2919.5424.3011.4065.876.192 yrs, 164 days

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ICICI Prudential Income27.4115.7317.7110.4246.1752.9611 yrs, 245 days

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IDFC SSIF -Invt. -A21.2912.0917.389.89Nil95.4715 yrs, 310 days

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Kotak Bond Deposit22.2910.3612.258.2324.6350.1910 yrs, 263 days

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PRINCIPAL Income12.095.748.187.3020.8310.253 yrs, 197 days

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UTI Bond25.548.6510.267.5624.7647.0612 yrs, 190 days

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NAV and returns as on 10 December 2008

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Portfolio-related data as on November 2008-end