| Ticker: | NEFHX |
| Manager: | Team Managed |
| Manager Since: | NA |
| NAV (06/18/2013): | 4.72 |
| Objective: | Fixed Income - Corp High Yield |
| Peer: | CH IT |
| Net Assets ($mil): | 83.83 |
| Inception: | 02/22/1984 |
The fund was incepted in February 1984 and is managed by Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. The fund seeks high current income plus the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return. At least 65% of the fund's assets are invested in lower-quality fixed-income securities, commonly known as 'junk bonds.' Under normal market conditions fund invests at least 80% of assets in U.S. corporate or U.S. dollar denominated foreign fixed-income securities and 20% in foreign currency-denominated fixed-income securities, including those in emerging markets. The fund also invests in zero-coupon, derivative securities, pay-in-kind and Rule 144A securities. The fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly. Capital gains are distributed annually.
| Stocks | 1.73% |
| Foreign Stocks | 0.00% |
| Cash | 4.04% |
| Bonds | 83.16% |
| Foreign Bonds | 0.00% |
| Preferred | 1.55% |
| Convertible | 7.98% |
| Other | 1.54% |
| Foreign Hedged | 0.00% |
| Large Growth | NA |
| Large Value | NA |
| Small Growth | NA |
| Small Value | NA |
| Foreign Stock | NA |
| Emerging Market | NA |
| Precious Metals | NA |
| Intermediate Bond | NA |
| High Yield Bond | NA |
| Foreign Bond | NA |
| Beta v. S&P 500 | 0.23 |
| Beta v. EAFE | 0.27 |
| Beta v. Barclays Agg Bond | 0.69 |
| Alpha 3 Yr | 13.69 |
| Alpha 5 Yr | 4.21 |
| R-Sq 3 Yr | 0.03 |
| R-Sq 5 Yr | 0.07 |
| Std Dev 3 Yr | 9.06 |
| Std Dev 5 Yr | 13.81 |
| Sharpe 3 Yr | 1.11 |
| Sharpe 5 Yr | 0.71 |
| Expense Ratio | 1.15 |
| % Max Load | 4.50 |
| % Min Load | 0.00 |
| % Deferred Load | NA |
| % Redemption | NA |
| % Max 12 B1 Fee | 0.25 |
| % Max Mgt Fee | 0.60 |
| Min Initial Investment | 2500 |
| Min Subsequent Investment | 100 |
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAV ($) | 4.89 | 5.04 | 4.95 | 5.24 | 4.99 | 3.36 | 4.67 | 4.95 | 4.09 | 4.69 | 4.72 |
| Total Return (%) | 27.90 | 9.76 | 4.56 | 13.54 | 1.44 | -26.61 | 50.33 | 13.69 | -2.95 | 21.53 | 5.75 |
| Annual Dividend Yield (%) | 6.63 | 5.76 | 6.01 | 6.53 | 6.24 | 10.35 | 6.55 | 6.52 | 7.06 | 5.12 | 5.04 |
| Relative Performance | |||||||||||
| Rel Performance-S&P500(%) | -10.60 | -13.76 | 18.32 | 16.78 | -4.32 | -28.21 | -78.79 | -14.19 | -79.42 | 57.25 | 9.98 |
| Rel Performance-Obj.Ret.(%) | 50.69 | 19.21 | 28.00 | 49.07 | 14.58 | -23.06 | 161.46 | 12.24 | -47.48 | 88.22 | 18.28 |
| Ret.Quintile vs Obj(1 is best) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Turnover, Yields, and Gains | |||||||||||
| Fund Assets Net($mil) | 26 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 67 | 71 | 60 | 72 | 84 |
| Annual Turnover (%) | 9.00 | 51.00 | 42.00 | 41.00 | 41.00 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 56.00 | 67.00 | 34.00 | 0.00 |
| Annual Dividend Paid ($) | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| Annual Capital Gains Paid($) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| 1 Month | 3 Month | 6 Month | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | 15 Year | 20 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Return (through 05/13) | 1.85% | 3.18% | 8.86% | 5.75% | 16.73% | 9.76% | 8.99% | 8.94% | 3.90% | 5.39% |
| Ret. Percentile vs. Obj. (1 is best) | 23 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 82 | 89 |
| Average Price/Earnings | NA |
| Average Price/Book | NA |
| Average EPS Growth | NA |
| Average Market Value | NA |
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