Eaton Vance Floating Rate A  EVBLX
  Morningstar Report
Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Bank Loan 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
   0.13 Yrs
   Avg Credit Quality
   B
As of 2009-09-30
Day Change
$ 0.00
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 8.70
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
42.22%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
2,854
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Eaton Vance Floating Rate A
(from 2003-05-05 to 2009-10-31) Category: Bank Loan
Index: BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 2003-05-05 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 42.58 32.84 0.59 2.35 --- 2.86
+/- Category 4.21 10.26 1.97 1.16 --- ---
+/- BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 35.67 20.35 -5.86 -2.92 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 36.85 3.62 -0.10 1.87 --- 2.38
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 38.12 22.91 -0.01 1.99 --- 2.50
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 20.81 -2.03 0.03 --- ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 14.67 -1.19 0.55 --- ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 89 funds), (5 yrs : out of 64 funds), (10 yrs : out of funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is 2.25%, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 1.00%.
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 0.00
Mortgage Pass-Thru 0.00
Mortgage CMO 0.00
Mortgage ARM 0.00
Credit 89.36
US Corporate 89.35
Asset-Backed 0.01
Convertible 0.00
Municipal 0.00
Corporate Inflation-Protected 0.00
Foreign 0.07
Foreign Corp 0.07
Foreign Govt 0.00
Cash 10.57
Bond Quality % of Bonds
AAA 0.0
AA 0.0
A 0.0
BBB 1.9
BB 36.1
B 34.9
Below B 15.1
Not Rated 12.1
 
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 10.6
Stocks 0.0
Bonds 89.4
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 4 Turnover % 7
Total Number of Bond Holdings 473 30 Day SEC Yield % 3.91
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 10.29 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Maturity
Date
Amount
$000
Value
$000
% of Net
Assets
Community Health Systems FRN 2014-07-25 60,842 57,298 1.29
Hca Inc. First Lien 2013-11-18 56,481 53,385 1.20
Panamsat Corporation First Lien 2014-01-03 55,613 53,032 1.20
Rmk Acquisition Corp (Aramark) First Lien 2014-01-26 48,692 45,504 1.03
Georgia-Pacific FRN 2012-12-20 46,436 44,811 1.01
Univision Communications, Inc. First Lien 2014-09-29 52,733 44,790 1.01
Chartercommunicationsoperating First Lien 2013-04-28 45,327 43,410 0.98
Sungad Data Systems Sungard26 Extended Term Loan 2016-02-28 42,536 41,446 0.93
Nielsen Finance Llc First Lien 2013-08-09 39,007 36,561 0.82
Cequel Communications Llc First Lien 2013-11-05 38,664 36,559 0.82
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 2003-05-05
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Scott H. Page  (2001-02-01)
Page joined Eaton Vance in 1990 as a senior financial analyst in the bank loan group and became co-portfolio manager and co-head of the group in 1996. Previously he held positions with Citicorp and Chase Manhattan Bank. Page holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Craig P. Russ  (2007-11-07)
Russ joined Eaton Vance in 1997 as an analyst and has been a co-manager of its institutional bank loan funds since 2001 and EFR since 2003. Previously he was with State Street Bank.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-10-12)
Front: 2.25
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.19
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-10-31)
Correspondence Information
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston,  MA  02110
USA
Telephone:
800-262-1122
617-482-8260
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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