Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z  PIFZX
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Short-Term 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
   2.73 Yrs
   Avg Credit Quality
   A
As of 2009-09-30
Day Change
$ 0.00
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 11.45
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
13.27%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
2,286
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Short-Term Bond
Index: BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1996-12-16 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 13.86 16.67 7.03 5.27 5.54 5.57
+/- Category 4.77 7.08 3.42 2.06 1.32 ---
+/- BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 6.95 4.18 0.58 0.00 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 12.16 13.64 6.75 4.94 5.47 5.54
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 13.08 17.64 6.87 5.02 5.54 5.57
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 15.80 5.09 3.28 3.60 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 11.41 4.79 3.23 3.55 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 360 funds), (5 yrs : out of 305 funds), (10 yrs : out of 164 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 2.21
US Treasuries 2.21
TIPS 0.00
US Agency 0.00
Mortgage 0.53
Mortgage Pass-Thru 0.00
Mortgage CMO 0.53
Mortgage ARM 0.00
Credit 59.59
US Corporate 59.07
Asset-Backed 0.17
Convertible 0.00
Municipal 0.35
Corporate Inflation-Protected 0.00
Foreign 15.37
Foreign Corp 15.10
Foreign Govt 0.27
Cash 22.30
Bond Quality % of Bonds
AAA 3.8
AA 15.7
A 38.2
BBB 40.6
BB 1.6
B 0.1
Below B 0.0
Not Rated 0.0
 
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 22.2
Stocks 0.0
Bonds 77.6
Other 0.1
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings Turnover % 83
Total Number of Bond Holdings 540 30 Day SEC Yield % 6.76
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 9.20 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Maturity
Date		 Amount
$000		 Value
$000		 % of Net
Assets
Dryden Core Invest --- 48,721 48,721 2.40
United States Treas Nts 1% 2011-09-30 30,030 30,053 1.48
General Elec Cap Corp Mtn Be 5.9% 2014-05-13 21,000 22,518 1.11
Wells Fargo & Co New 5.25% 2012-10-23 19,250 20,538 1.01
Citigroup 5.5% 2013-04-11 19,815 20,277 1.00
Bank Amer Fdg Corp 7.38% 2014-05-15 15,300 17,024 0.84
United States Treas Nts 2.375% 2014-09-30 16,470 16,512 0.81
Cs First Boston Ny Brh Sr Mtn 5% 2013-05-15 15,032 15,909 0.78
Verizon Wireless Cap 144A 3.75% 2011-05-20 15,000 15,476 0.76
General Elec Cap 5.875% 2012-02-15 14,358 15,288 0.75
Data through 2009-09-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1996-12-16
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Steve Kellner  (1999-08-11)
Kellner is a managing director and portfolio manager with Prudential. Kellner joined Prudential Financial in 1986. Kellner holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Malcolm Dalrymple  (1999-12-30)
Dalrymple is a portfolio manager at Prudential. Earlier, he was a money markets portfolio manager. He joined Prudential Financial in 1979 as a securities lending trader and a bank analyst.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-11-01)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 0.61
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-12-31)
Correspondence Information
Gateway Center Three, 4th Floor
100 Mulberry Street
Newark,  NJ  07102
USA
Telephone:
800-225-1852
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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