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Access a Wide Range of Bond Funds Through T. Rowe Price

T. Rowe Price offers you a variety of convenient ways to invest in bond mutual funds and bond ETFs. You can choose from 26 professionally managed, low-cost
T. Rowe Price bond funds. In addition, hundreds of bond funds and ETFs are available to you from other fund families through T. Rowe Price Brokerage, many without a transaction fee.

Why T. Rowe Price Bond Funds?

When you invest in T. Rowe Price bond funds, you get the benefit of experienced fund managers and a disciplined investment approach. It's why 87% of our bond funds outperformed their Lipper average for the 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods ended 12/31/09.1 Results will vary and may be negative for other periods. Past performance cannot guarantee future results. Please click here for current performance information. All funds are subject to market risk, including possible loss of principal. Yield and share price will vary.

And 76% of our bond funds have a 4- or 5-star Overall Morningstar Rating™ (as of 12/31/09). The industry average is 32.5%.2

Easy Access to Bond Funds and ETFs From Other Fund Families

Expand your investment horizon with a T. Rowe Price Brokerage account. You can use our Mutual Fund Gateway to purchase bond funds from prominent fund families such as Fidelity, Vanguard, American Century, and Dreyfus. Many are available without a transaction fee. You can also use your T. Rowe Price Brokerage account to trade bond ETFs.

1 Based on cumulative total return, 11 of 39 (28%), 31 of 35, 29 of 33, and 20 of 23
T. Rowe Price bond funds (including all share classes and excluding funds used in insurance products) outperformed their Lipper average for the 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods ended 12/31/09, respectively. Not all funds outperformed for all periods. (Source for data: Lipper Inc.)
2 For funds with at least a 3-year history, a Morningstar Rating™ is based on a risk-adjusted return measure (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees) with emphasis on downward variations and consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% 4 stars, the next 35% 3 stars, the next 22.5% 2 stars, and the bottom 10% 1 star. Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately. Five of 34 T. Rowe Price bond funds received a 5-star rating, and 21 of 34 funds received a 4-star rating. Money market funds are not rated by Morningstar.

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