AllianceBern High Income C  AGDCX
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Multisector Bond Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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   Avg Duration
   4.82 Yrs
   Avg Credit Quality
   BBB
As of 2009-09-30
Day Change
$ 0.01
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 8.34
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
55.69%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
1,139
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: AllianceBern High Income C
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Multisector Bond
Index: BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1994-02-25 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 56.62 67.99 7.53 8.49 13.29 10.58
+/- Category 31.72 40.82 3.38 3.59 7.00 ---
+/- BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 49.71 55.50 1.08 3.22 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 51.51 24.08 7.54 8.60 13.60 10.52
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 54.17 54.71 7.42 8.62 13.29 10.58
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 49.31 4.06 5.68 9.70 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 34.70 4.39 5.70 9.35 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 164 funds), (5 yrs : out of 132 funds), (10 yrs : out of 106 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is none.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
US Government 0.00
US Treasuries 0.00
TIPS 0.00
US Agency 0.00
Mortgage 11.67
Mortgage Pass-Thru 3.16
Mortgage CMO 8.51
Mortgage ARM 0.00
Credit 39.07
US Corporate 37.25
Asset-Backed 1.72
Convertible 0.10
Municipal 0.00
Corporate Inflation-Protected 0.00
Foreign 47.44
Foreign Corp 19.55
Foreign Govt 27.89
Cash 1.82
Bond Quality % of Bonds
AAA 9.8
AA 8.5
A 3.5
BBB 27.6
BB 22.0
B 19.9
Below B 8.5
Not Rated 0.3
 
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 1.6
Stocks 0.4
Bonds 86.1
Other 11.9
Foreign Stocks 0.1
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 2 Turnover % 74
Total Number of Bond Holdings 520 30 Day SEC Yield % 7.81
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 22.23 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Maturity
Date
Amount
$000
Value
$000
% of Net
Assets
Alliancebernstein Fixed-Income Shs --- 95,673 95,673 8.36
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 2015-10-03 46,941 33,779 2.95
Jp Morgan Chase 2007-Ldp12 CMO 5.827% 2051-02-15 20,548 20,427 1.78
Turkey(Rep Of) 16% 2012-03-07 23,044 17,756 1.55
Indonesia (Rep Of) 11.625% 2019-03-04 12,390 17,408 1.52
BRAZIL FEDERATIVE REP 2022-01-05 25,811 16,026 1.40
Gs Mtg Coml 2006-Gg6 CMO 2038-04-10 14,000 14,097 1.23
Greenwich Cap Cmbs 2005-Gg5 CMO 5.117% 2037-04-10 14,000 13,966 1.22
Citi Omni Mstr Talf 2009-A14 FRN 2018-08-15 13,000 13,120 1.15
Centaur Fdg Pfd 144A 2020-04-21 12 12,288 1.07
Data through 2009-09-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1994-02-25
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Paul J. DeNoon  (2002-08-23)
Mr. DeNoon directs all of AllianceBernstein’s investment activities regarding emerging-market debt securities, and is also a member of the Global Fixed Income Team. Prior to joining the firm in 1992, Mr. DeNoon was a vice president in the investment portfolio group at Manufacturers Hanover Trust and an economist in the Financial Markets Research Group, primarily responsible for analysis of monetary and fiscal policy. He began his career as a Research Analyst for Lehman Brothers. Mr. DeNoon holds a BA in economics from Union College and an MBA in finance from New York University.
Douglas J. Peebles  (2002-08-30)
Mr. Peebles joined the firm in 1987 and is the CIO of AllianceBernstein Fixed Income. In this role, he supervises all of the fixed-income portfolio management and research teams globally. In addition, he is chairman of the Interest Rates and Currencies Research Review team, which is responsible for setting interest-rate and currency policy for all fixed-income portfolios. Mr. Peebles has held several leadership positions within the fixed-income division, having served as director of Global Fixed Income from 1997 to 2004, and then co-head of AllianceBernstein Fixed Income from 2004 until August 2008. He also serves on AllianceBernstein’s Management Executive Committee, a group of senior professionals responsible for managing the firm, enacting key strategic initiatives and allocating resources. He earned a BA from Muhlenberg College and an MBA from Rutgers University.
Matthew Sheridan  (2005-10-31)
Sheridan is a vice president of AllianceBernstein, with which he has been associated in a substantially similar capacity to his current position since prior to 2001.
Gershon Distenfeld  (2008-02-01)
Mr. Distenfeld is a member of the Global Credit portfolio-management team and is primarily responsible for the management of high-yield portfolios. Mr. Distenfeld is also a member of the corporate synthetic CDO investment team and the Global High Income team. He joined the firm in 1998 as a business analyst before joining the high-yield group in December 1999. Mr. Distenfeld began his career at Lehman Brothers as an operations analyst supporting the emerging-market desk. He earned a BS in Finance from the Sy Syms School of Business of Yeshiva University. CFA Charterholder.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-01-30)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.75
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-10-31)
Correspondence Information
AllianceBernstein L.P.
1345 Ave Of The Americas
New York,  NY  10105
United States
Telephone:
800-221-5672
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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