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Top-Rated Bond Mutual Funds as of 6/30/18

Fund Name	Get Info	Overall Rating	Risk Grade
Voya Securitized Credit P	VSCFX	A+	B+
Colorado Bond Shares Tax-Ex	HICOX	A+	B+
GMO Opportunistic Income VI	GMODX	A+	A-
Gurtin National Mun Opport	GNMFX	A+	B+
Opportunistic Income A	ENIAX	A+	A
Gurtin CA Muni Opport Val I	GCMFX	A+	B+
Performance Trust Strategic	PTIAX	A+	B
Metropolitan West Floating	MWFRX	A+	B+
River Canyon Total Return B	RCTIX	A+	C+
Brown Advisory Tax Exempt B	BIAEX	A+	B-
JPMorgan Tax Aware Real Ret	JTARX	A+	B
Dupree Taxable Muni Bd Srs	DUTMX	A+	C+
BBH Intermediate Municipal	BBINX	A+	C+
Voya Strategic Income Oppty	ISIAX	A+	B+
Payden Floating Rate Inv	PYFRX	A+	B+
Semper Short Duration Inv	SEMRX	A+	A+
PIMCO Income Fund A	PONAX	A+	B
BlackRock Managed Income In	BLADX	A+	B-
Federated Floating Rt Str I	FRSAX	A+	B+
Eaton Vance Short Dur Muni	EXMAX	A+	B-

Source: TheStreet Ratings

The 20 bond mutual funds (listed above) are ranked highest by TheStreet Ratings' methodology.

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