Mutual Fund Stock Tables

Mutual fund stock tables published in most daily newspapers identify no-load funds with the symbol "NL." Footnotes flag those that have appended various charges.

The first column is the fund's name, often abbreviated. Several funds listed under a single heading indicate a family of funds. For symbols following fund names, see below.

The second column is the Net Asset Value (NAV) per share as of the close of the preceding business day. In some newspapers, the NAV is identified as the sell or the bid price -- the amount, per share, you would receive if you sold your shares, less any deferred sales charges.

The third column is the offering price or, in some papers, the buy or asked price -- the price you would pay if you purchased shares. The buy price is the NAV plus any sales charges. NL, for no-load, appears in this column, and the buy price is the same as the NAV. If the NAV and the offer price are the same, it means the fund has no initial load, but it does have a CDSC.

The fourth column shows the change, if any in net asset value from the preceding quotation -- in other words, the change over the most recent one-day trading period.

Offer NAV
NAV Price Change

AAL Mutual:

Bond p 10.50 11.02 ...

CaGr p 14.03 14.73 + .02

MuBd p 10.61 11.14 - .01

AARP Invst:

CaGr 29.88 NL - .01

GiniM 16.08 NL + .02

Gthinc 28.06 NL - .03

HQ Bd 16.27 NL + .01

TxF Bd 17.80 NL + .01

ABT Funds: