Total Bond Market Index Funds

The Total Bond Market Index Fund is designed to track the performance of the U.S. bond market, as represented by the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

Below is a breakdown of Total Bond Market Index Fund offerings from Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard.
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Schwab and Fidelity return calculations are as of 10/31/2008
*Vanguard return calculations are as of 11/30/2008

Definitions of the tables headings are at the bottom of the page

Charles Schwab Total Bond Market Funds

Fund	Symbol	Minimum	Expense Ratio	10 Year Return	Lifetime Return	Fund Inception
Schwab Total Bond Market Fund	SWLBX	$100	0.53%	3.86%	5.06%	03/05/1993

Fidelity Total Bond Market Funds

Fund	Symbol	Minimum	Expense Ratio	10 Year Return	Lifetime Return	Fund Inception
Dreyfus Bond Market Index Inst CL	DBMIX	$2500	0.41%	4.55%	5.62%	N/A

Vanguard Bond Market Funds

Fund	Symbol	Minimum	Expense Ratio	10 Year Return	Lifetime Return	Fund Inception
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares	VBMFX	$3000	0.19%	5.06%*	6.74%*	12/11/1986
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares	VBTLX	$100000	0.10%	N/A	4.26%*	11/12/2001

Minimum	Minimum initial investment required to invest in fund
Expense ratio	Fee's associated with the fund
10 Year Return	Return over past 10 years recorded as of 10/31/2008 (*11/30/2008 for Vanguard)
Lifetime Return	Return since the funds creation as of 10/31/2008 (*11/30/2008 for Vanguard)
Fund Inception	Date of funds creation