Labels:bulletin board | chat room | grandstand | laptop | monitor | reckoner | sky | streetlight OCR: JULY'S SLUGGISH ECONOMY BOOSTS BOND FUNDS The sunny performance of bond funds July gave inkling of the t trashing they would i take in carly August after rising cil prices rekindled inflation fears The average fund in cach of our cight fixed-income categories gained in July. High-yicld funds Jed all comers with 2% advance though they rremain off: 3.8% for the j past 12 months Mortgage- -backed sccurities led the 12-month race with a 7.8% gain. %galnor lossta Aug.1 1990 Portfolla analysis Telephone Top performers Threr Average Hurit ranked i hy one-ycar retum 1990 wears chrge Itttate U.S. GOVERNMENT BONDS Qnest tfor Valuc U.S. Gov. High Income 21.8 232 3863 Ohmpus U.S Government Plus 26.0 425 845-8406 Franklin Partners- Tax-Adv U.S. Gor 5 32.0 28.0 4.0 342-5236 4 Valne LincU.S Government Se ...